Still experimenting, I tried another style completely. Here I tried only painting the foxes face, as I feel it is representative in itself. I did not paint this fox being vulnerable, I wanted this fox to be strong looking , […]
Heading out his morning the phrase ‘cutting corners’ came to my mind. Originally used in travel terminology as to take a shortcut since cutting along an alternative path is faster than going all the way round. More frequently used for […]
Let the show begin.
Bohemian, 2013. I was approached by a fellow artist to exhibit an artwork for the exhibition he curated at the Bethesda Chapel in Stoke-on-Trent. His idea was for me to exhibit an existing sculpture I had made due to the […]
Had to rearrange things a bit, so didn’t get to FACT and Mike on Friday. Instead I looked into whether ‘To have a studio or to not have a studio’, I do the thinking in my head, the work on […]
An Exploration of Female Same Sex Partnerships through Portraiture
The septuagenarian feminist artist Margaret Harrison has been announced as the winner of the Northern Art Prize 2013.
As Tate Liverpool celebrates 25 years since it opened on the city’s waterfront, we garner the views of artists and curators in Liverpool, and get a sense of its huge impact on the area and the city’s art community.
From 1 July 2013 the application and assessment procedure for Arts Council England’s Grants for the arts will be changing.
The City of Zurich, Switzerland, has been chosen to host Manifesta 11, the roving European biennial of contemporary art, in 2016.
OSR Project Space Old School Room, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD
11 May – 2 June 2013
On Self-Portraiture, a collaboration between Brook Hobbins, a sculptor and myself.
Good morning. I’m writing this from sunny Ibiza where I am on tour with Islington Mill. It has been a really amazing time with some really interesting work being made but you can read about the tour on the a-n […]
The final moment came! On May 18th 2013, The Book of Debts, Vol II, which I have been collecting with for almost a month on the streets, online and in communities around Portslade, went to its fiery grave, with its […]
Graduate exhibition set up week. In the past week I secured the temporary walls to the existing, permanent walls and the concrete floor so they are not a hazard to the public. I applied a half a big roll of […]
After an incredibly stressful weekend spent at work in the cafe I got back in the studio and managed an incredibly productive thirteen hour stint in University. The students that were selected for Gallery North were given access at 9am […]
S E Q U E N C E E C N E U Q E S S E Q E N C E Portsmouth 20th May as I write 22 days to go Today was a Busy day experimentation first: […]
Workmen arrived at eight this morning to build my new studio – luckily my grandson had woken me early, and beaten me into wakefulness with a gentle pillow fight, so I was up, dressed and ready for anything when they […]
We’ve come too far to give up who we are, so lets raise the bar and a glass to the stars. Around the building here at UCS there have been some statistics placed on the walls with vinyl lettering. I […]
They laugh at me and my life, my life as a duck, but I don’t get worked up, it’d my life… as a duck. Last month I was accepted for an exhibition taking place called SNIP, the exhibition is in […]
Why paint? I typed that into my browser and came across this http://www.ktauches.com/WHY_PAINT_NOW.html Some of the reasons put forward really strike a chord: As I explore the reaches of technology for economic reasons, I have become more interested in how […]
Well I’m so above you and it’s plain to see but I came to love you anyway… So you pulled my heart out and I don’t mind bleeding, any old time to waiting… waiting… waiting. Now in the previous post […]
I’m preparing to facilitate three workshops at Tate Modern, working with adults and the Ellen Gallagher show. I’ve known Gallagher’s work since 2004, so the opportunity to share, and hopefully inspire others, is such a (terrifying) treat. Having worked as […]
