Gentler Passion was exhibited at Seventeen, Aberdeen (31st May – 30th June 2013). A great conclusion of three months of solid working. I enjoyed the challenge of making and exhibiting to a tight deadline as you just have to trust […]
As I work through my degree I realise that I am not drawn to one medium alone – I am using a variety of medium to ‘choose’ from to develop my ideas. Is this approach fraught with difficulites I wonder […]
‘who’s system stratigraphy’ Wednesday 24th July My day morning transgressions with fast falling sands bringing rich new biota afternoon regressions of dark dead anoxic shales closed inwards
Regressions and transgressions Thursday 25th July morning regression prevailing anoxic shales with intercalated incursions of fresh biota afternoon transgression of refreshed biota and hope
‘rollercoaster week’ Friday 26th July Its been a hard week – almost finished – sitting here with tea after sleeping the night through for the first time in a week – in the mists of memory – easier the further […]
The most awful sculptures, if you can call them that, have appeared on Dover’s Esplanade. But, not to even talk about the sculpture’s merits or otherwise, the siting of them is so insensitive and takes no account of the existing […]
North East Visit: Platform-A Gallery & The NewBridge Project I have only stepped foot on North East soil once in my life when I visited Newcastle many years ago. With the uprising of various arts organisations and studios I was […]
On this blog Liz aims to share her new ideas, research and works as well as her concerns as a full time practicing artist.
Today saw the unveiling of the new commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square – and as usual the sculpture has ruffled a few feathers.
The Calder, Wakefield’s newest art space opens with the largest overview of Roger Hiorns’ Untitled (Youth) series. The majority of works newly commissioned, will fill the 600m2 19th century textile mill.
It’s up! It’s working* There’s 4 hours until opening, so what better time to reflect than right now. Since my last post, I’ve had a Skype conversation with Anne Cleary again (of art duo Cleary and Connolly). We chatted about […]
Week 40: 17th – 23rd June‘Religion has always been characterised as much by embodied experience as by abstract theological dispute. From the sounds of the adhān (the Islamic call to prayer), to the smell of incense in the Hindu Pūjā […]
it made me feel more me than I’d ever felt
Yesterday I endured the acquaintance of an extremely heavy, cumbersome and joyless piece of apparatus commonly known as a ‘camera.’ As some of you know, I have been asked to produce over twenty images of jars of home-made paint for […]
Repetition. Industrial mass production is all about repetition. As Jeanette Winterson wrote in her recent Guardian article on repetition in Lowry’s painting http://gu.com/p/3ggkk “At the loom, on the assembly line, on the track, the human being must perform the same […]
I managed to just about sustain a whole day of songwriting. After a couple of hours of input, trying out ideas and such, off we were sent, to isolate ourselves and get on with it. The challenge was to come […]
