Now that it has happened, in retrospect I see that so many things have been tangled up in the whole “getting a studio” hoo-hah. Having been thwarted by my fusing all the electrics last week, eventually, this afternoon, I had […]
Lovely comment to my last post from Gill. Her words about making scratchy drawings at the moment and the influence of our own moods on the work made me recall chatting to a sculptor who taught very sick people to […]
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Too many medical appointments in January left me exhausted. I was lucky insofar that pain-levels were very bearable, but had times when I felt as insubstantial as a ghost. If only I could move through walls. Or, being short of […]
Sporting League Game 11 Athletico recovered from their recent shock defeat to Kite Vale by putting five past a hapless Olby. Universo Collunteen left it late against jaded Tranquilayers to keep the gap at the top to just two points. […]
Whilst researching Bruce Nauman’s work I was drawn to his installation, Get Out of My Mind, Get Out of This Room. What drawn me to this piece in particular was the intimacy when the viewer is in the room. Nauman’s […]
During the start of my third year I was approached at the Atriums Arts Fair by artist Paul Fisk. He asked me if I would like to be part of the Festival of the Beats in January 2014 and I […]
THIS IS NOT ME! I need to break this… step away from… get back to Bo… I’ve always written to release. I was told time ago that it’s a great way of clearing the decks. This has proved to be […]
8 whole days without going to the studio- I am missing it so much. Stuck in bed, I have been reading and researching and dangerously discovering retail therapy from a sick bed via a lap top!!! I have a big […]
It’s Sunday. I’ve been thinking all week about some creative adventures I can have with my theme. On Thursday, my gallery had an opening event for the next exhibition staged by the artist-led group I am a part of – […]
Paul Bennett This is an artist that I have been looking at recently. Paul Bennett specialises in semi-abstract paintings and unique portraiture, Bennett relys on drawing from memory to create his abstract works and this is something I can relate […]
Going back to basics was definitely a good idea. It has really helped my confidence in my artwork to just draw without giving it too much thought. As mentioned I have been predominantly looking at photographs from the first few […]
Sonia Griffin & Alison Berry Good progress has been made on our collaborative piece. Starting with two very different works in concept and in physical appearance, it has been a challenge to develop proposals which incorporate both works. Ideas have […]
Alison Berry: As well as thinking about and executing specific work for the paper project, I spend a great deal of time thinking in more general terms about collaborative working in the art world, the difficulties it presents and the […]
Last summer I took up running. Similarly to an art practice, running is also a type of practice that takes a certain degree of commitment and sacrifice. It is an action undertaken often silently and alone. It can be exhilarating, […]
Oh dear, it’s been a while since I visited my blog. The dark and the cold get to me every winter and the incessant rain in Kent is close to unbelievable. Did someone say build an ark? So – the […]
Over the last month I have been feverishly painting as many pictures of fruit as I can; applying paint directly to loaves of bread; wrapping apples in modroc; painting works of still life; looking long and hard at pictures of […]
Time to break out of my local shell, at last; responding to my need for raising a family and practicing my art, I have, over the past 17 years, become a “super local artist”. The a-n bursary came at a […]
This week feels like it has been quite a whirlwind. After speaking to a couple of my tutors about my work I have come to realise that I spend way to much time being analytical about the concept and not […]
Aspire to Inspire I am an Exercise of Unconscious Creativity… Am I an Instinct…or An Ultimate Product of Cognition?… I am Deliberate and Accidental, I am as Decorative, as I am Functional. What am I?…
I am taking the oppportunity of the RE-VIEW artist bursary provided by a-n to share and analyse the learning journey I am taking; my aim is to push my practice onto the next level.I have identified four steps I need […]
BA(Hons) Fine Art
Does joining with higher education institutions bring a promise of financial stability for cash-strapped arts organisations, alongside an increase in audiences? a-n Director Susan Jones reports from an Arts Council England conference that sketched out a new landscape for the contemporary arts.
