I ended my morning dog walk writing a grumpy email to the local council about fly tippers. I manage to dispose of my own rubbish in the correct manner, so I don’t understand why just a minority of idiots find […]
This Grow An Exhibition project is going to be one of the toughest things I have ever done. That is a big statement from someone who is overcoming crippling agoraphobia and just recently, my dental phobia!!! Then why? My art […]
x My first show’n’tell at Castlefield – I am an associate member (a christmas present). I had just had a brief wander around the Cornerhouse at the Jamie Shovlin exhibition and my first impression was Zoe Belhoff: DREAMLAND The Coney […]
For example Barbara Kruger Barabra Kruger is an Artist who uses many words in her practice. Kruger’s Belief + Doubt is something very interesting that has caught my interests. It’s an installation at the Hirshhorn Museum. Kruger had filled the […]
My Journey- The direction in which my work is heading… The natural environment has always been a particular interest of mine in relation to my art. My first year at university I was focused of nature and its shapes as […]
In my project proposal presentation I said that I had two ideas of projects that I wanted to do this year. After spending some time in the studio painting I think I am starting to sway towards the idea I […]
Previously, in my last year of college and my first year of Uni, my work involved themes on colour and texture. I experimented with making detailed and intricate shapes and patterns with the medium. This worked particularly well with ink […]
Fiona Rae is one of the first artists that I came across when beginning my studies. Her work is very colourful and intriguing. Explosions of paint obscure patterns and drips, whilst quirky characters hide amongst the beautifully chaotic scene. I […]
I had arranged to meet Demelza at the Community Resource Centre for 10:00am Tuesday Morning to discuss the project. Upon my arrival I was greeted by a young man, tall, perhaps in his late twenties. “Hi there can I help […]
Getting very excited about the exhibition now, especially as some of the other artists involved have started to send images of works in progress http://w0budong.wordpress.com/news/ – can’t wait to see how it all comes together. It’s so much easier to […]
Years ago I used to run, not very fast. I wasn’t going anywhere. The repetitive nature of running was what it was about. It was simple and physical, variations in surface, rough, smooth, wet, slippery, an occasional hill, sometimes mostly […]
MENTORING AND ME When I applied for a Re:view bursary nearly a year ago, I had no idea how valuable it would be, enabling me to begin an ongoing relationship which would not otherwise have happened. In theory the end […]
My next steps and current work include expressing the identity of the natural environment bringing both the natural world together with my interests in identity. I am trying to show character and definition of ‘place’ within my paintings, however steering […]
Looking again at the performance and reworking a few details here and there I now start to question what was it about in the first place? Unlike producing an artefact that (usually) remains a fixed entity, a performance is slippery […]
Third year student in Fine Art BA (Hons), committed to painting.
Very pleased to be the recipient of a Re:view Bursary from a-n. I’m at a crossroads in my practice and hope that a series of dialogues will challenge my thinking and provide direction. I will have mentoring from the artist, […]
Creative Scotland has announced £9.4million of capital funding for 12 organisations in Scotland, including Collective Gallery, Fruitmarket Gallery, Cove Park and Hospitalfield Arts.
a-n’s popular professional development programme, designed to give artists and visual arts freelancers the confidence and know-how to move their practice and projects forward, continues into 2014 with a series of seminars and workshops in Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Leicestershire.
The subject of attending University for the purposes of developing your practice is not without documented debate, and is a debate that highlights the contrasts of learning through academia against learning through intuition and life experiences. One school of thought […]
I started my residency at Bootham School, York in September. As well as getting the children to help with my Cheese Dreams Project, I have been running life drawing classes (which has gotten easier now, and more enjoyable…this was something […]
George Shaw is an artist who paints sublime landscapes that I like. They are of ordinary, everyday scenes – for example derelict places and housing schemes. He uses Humbrol paints which allow vivid colours in his work. They seem hyperreal. […]
