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Well, I did a little bit of proper thinking. I’m not too sure that it has got me very far. I drew a flow chart, plotted all my bits of work…. This was the map to find my way through […]

Busy ‘work’ week this week so very little time for play. I looked up a lot when walking the dog to keep in touch with the bigger picture. I managed a couple of hours early Monday morning which really paid […]

Art Everywhere (I’m in a foul mood) If there’s an unsaid rule about blogging that we all should apply, with no exception, not rushing a post will be this one. And guess what? That’s exactly what I’m about to do! […]

I am grateful to inspiration (the muse/my muse) for my progress so far. My drawings and ideas are changing/growing and running well ahead of the speed at which I can produce work, but that’s all to the good I’m sure. […]

ANGRY ANKLE I’m feeling very angry this morning, mainly at myself for being in this disabled position but also at what I am learning about the world while I am in this situation. What am I learning? People will readily […]

In putting together my next series of Creative Conversations it has been really interesting who will go on the record and talk to me with my recorder between us. Again I find it is the artists who are happy to […]

FLAG WAVING AND GETTING ON THE RADAR It’s the most thankless task; promoting one’s own work. It seems somehow wrong, like… surely there must be a department for that? Although I have had many years of hard-nosed commercial experience to […]

Experiment 2 – What happens when I avoid figuration? My work is representational; I think maily because I subconsciously view abstraction as losing control.However, I am coming to realise that by removing conscious control, it is possible to learn new […]

Dovedale is one of the most scenic places in Derbyshire. It is also one of the most popular tourist areas and has been since tourists first went there in the 18thC. With this in mind we set off early and […]

Is it wrong to get excited about storage units? Work has begun to convert the units I inherited from the college where I taught into something more practical for a damp, dirty studio space in a farm building. The guys […]

Our first task on the Top-Up is to reflect on our past practice and to question existing methods. As a painter, I have chosen to challenge the surface of my support, which I am hoping will liberate my approach. My […]