ah, another cancellation. One thing I am learning already from this Re:view bursary is patience. Good things come to those who wait. I hope so. In the meantime I am plodding on developing ideas and stepping well out of my […]
The Encyclopaedia of Palaces When Versailles was built, this ridiculously grand palace, with acres of looking glass, gold and malachite had no water closet and King and servant alike often shat on the Pavonazza marble stairs. For me Venice is […]
Continued… To enter The Encyclopedic Palace in the Giardini: I walk through the atrium of paintings by Carl Jung. Facsimiles of his drawings with greasy fingerprints intact, rather like the new publication of Nabakov’s coffee ringed manuscripts.The paintings are displayed […]
Feels like I’m spending every waking moment at uni at the moment. Completed the hanging of paintings this morning and am NOT moving them again now whoever asks me to….finished !! Just waiting for our busy technician to help me […]
My whole method of working has had to be rethought because of an unexpected problem……I took on a rescue dog. I have a dog already and I thought it would be good for her to have company while I’m working […]
Just had to add the image of the floor – my messy old painting space overlaid by the next occupants random white emulsion splashes made while she was painting some boards for her degree show display. It could be a […]
Thinking around how I’m going to write up the first three of my a-n Re:View bursary sessions. There has been so much discussion, ideas and material generated by these sessions it feels a bit onerous at the moment to sculpt […]
My skin is the system boundary Portsmouth 29th May This week I am tired I don’t know how to stop or switch off – unfortunately I must be too tired as I just noticed I am making silly mistakes – […]
For the degree show, I want to have at least one ‘resolved’ work which encompasses the current interests and developments of my practice. Looking back through the documentation photographs of my artwork, I came to realise a lot about the […]
i’m preparing words for a press release about the trail for a county wide magazine and i’m being very selective about what i write. i’d really like to include: This year has very much been about the process. We set […]
You ensure that everyone is decent then you wake to find evil in your midst Portsmouth 30th May todays difficulty sit despite head held within black-hole gravity pain drain write despite appalling spelling guessing without check recognition read despite underwater […]
AN OFFICE FOYER IN WINTER A.M. Hanson UCA degree show 2013 _____________________________ “..I looked into office spaces, again and again I saw plants, their shadows, projected through the windows that fed and shelter shielded them. …eventually, they began to return […]
Almost finished maneouvering my work into place. If it wasn’t for the University being really anal, then it would have been finished tonight. Oh well. Anyway, providing some pictures of the hanging in progress. Decided on a different format for […]
So the floor is now painted which is making my space look a lot brighter. I wanted to get that out of the way so I could have the cabinet in its exact space and could start arranging the contacts […]
I sorted out one of my dresses the other day so thought it was time to do the other. I needed to make this mannequin match the material look of the other. Therefore using the bed sheet I used to […]
So the shelf was a complete disaster. I was adamant that this Perspex shelf would hold my three folders of collections. However turns out it wouldn’t. I spoke to Karl in the morning about how I go about putting up […]
The sixth annual Liverpool Art Prize has been won by Tabitha Moses, who also picks up the People’s Choice Award.
Bedwyr Williams’ Wales in Venice presentation combines Galileo and amateur astronomy to create an affectionate homage to stargazing.
Studio progresses – the electrics will go in this weekend and then I can move in. Meanwhile I continue to research my childrens story about Margate – it has kept me busy and creative in an economical way while all […]
As series 2 of my Creative Conversations draws to a close on soundArt radioFM I have started planning series 3! I hope you have had a chance to listen to these shows. As I feel they are starting to be […]
Well it’s here at last…the assessment followed by Degree Show. I found it very difficult to choose what to put in. I generally work quite fast so had too many paintings and it took me a while to decide what […]
‘The fogs of snore’ Portsmouth 29th May Been so busy making its been hard to find the time to sit and write about this. As someone with dyslexia I am often stopped by the ‘thought’of writing rather that the effort […]
Evening and morning call Portsmouth 28th May 2013 Darkness now Follows I can’t see The rain Gathering Malevolent In lines Above the Street Readying To Absorb My Roof Nutrient To Feed tainted Weeds Fresh Rain Releases a Heavy heady fruity […]
