I have just come across the most fascinating animal; the Maned Wolf which is neither a fox or wolf despite appearance or name but a distinct species. It is so thin, you could be forgiven for missing it , if […]
This little blog will document the first showing of my covid paintings, a far cry from the Golf Portraits I usually paint.
I am at the studio after having spent my first night in my new apartment in Uppsala – not that I have properly (actually?) moved yet. I got the keys to the apartment on the 6th September but won’t move […]
A year-long Arts Council of Wales funded reportage drawing project in which I draw visitors to Ruthin Craft Centre and Oriel Davies as they engage with the art and the art spaces.
There is a paradoxical claustrophobia about the vastness of the internet. The world is condensed into a smartphone. We talk about being glued to our screens because it seems as though when we are online, we are unable to look […]
Today i was filmed in my studio to promote the workshops and eventual installation I will be making for Chester Diocese. Gawd, it was awful. I was under the impression that the photographer was just going to take a few […]
Collection on creativity, community-based practice, organic process, open-ended. This is linked to a current commission: Remembering Together. Visit project page, sea website. J, Henson (with The Muppets and Friends) (edited by C, Henson), It’s Not Easy Being Green: […]
I have had a wonderful, non-monarch-related afternoon in the studio with my friend and fellow artist Helen Garbett, otherwise known on Instagram as @LimpetWoman. We sat alongside each other, each doing our own thing, mindlessly, while we talked. It was […]
I have been spending the summer learning a new craft. I have been visiting the wonderful Make Space workshops in Cambridge to learn how to use their CNC Model Mill and CNC Router. CNC stands for Computer Numerical Control, and […]
My Gallery Watching live reportage-drawing project begins tomorrow Tuesday 20th September at Ruthin Craft Centre and then Wednesday 21 September at Oriel Davies Newtown. I’m both nervous and excited!
I’m always interested to hear others’ responses to any work I make. On seeing my most recent piece of work, ‘Meat too’ (ii) an artist I know commented on how they would ‘never have recognised this work’ as mine. The […]
So many decisions, for starters: do I go for an accordion, no staples, micro-mini or stack and strap format zine? Should I collage, use lettroset, carbon paper, black pen or a combination? Vegan printing ink or photocopy and what exactly […]
