Today I worked on a tribal portrait. It started quite abstract but its become more representational now. I’m planning to get some bigger canvases next week and looking forward to starting some abstract work based on organic forms.
‘P o s t e i g h t y s’ Portsmouth 31st March Remember……………….. Wake early – time unknown – but its still dark – dreams unwritten unlike yesterday – fragments snatched out of the blue green and grey […]
Update of my artworks. Finally I managed to finish my two paintings. These new images are result of process of experimentation and introduction new painting techniques into my art practice.Previously, I delivered my images through traditional painting methods.At present, I […]
I’ve handed over the Grain Warehouse keys yesterday after my last workshop. The people who took part in the last workshop helped tidying up and it all went a lot smoother and quicker than I thought it would. I left […]
Spending time reflecting on work done is as important as continually working on the actual physical work – the distinction of what is work is an intriguing one, to me the reflecting and collection of thoughts around what you are […]
I am an Artist in Residence at The Muse at 269 Portobello Road this year with a solo show in the autumn. www.themuseat269.com
Sally: I’ve just tried on my bustlebelt and the hoop is round my knees- back to the drawing board…. Sophie: oh – how did that happen?!!! Sally: It’s first time I’d tried it on with tools on and the weight […]
15/03/13 Today I visited Bilston Graft Gallery to meet up with Sophie McIntosh, the head curator and manger of the gallery. I took a 20minute tram journey from Wolverhampton to the graft gallery, and was kindly given directions by those […]
16th/03/2013 On Saturday, I had some time to reflect and think about what I had seen and try to pin some ideas down for a new piece of work. I also wanted to explore the Wolverhampton itself. So I went […]
18th/03/2013 On Monday, I had the opportunity to move into a more visible space in the gallery, this was the hire space at the front of the Wolverhampton Art Gallery. This would give me more chance to meet more local […]
19th/03/2013 On Tuesday, I was rather excited as I was going to meet Rachel Lambert-Jones who is in charge of Collections at the Gallery. Upon first meeting her, I knew that she knew her stuff about the paintings that the […]
20th/03/2013 Wednesday allowed me to further concentrate my ideas and thoughts and also digests everything that I have seen and heard. My current ideas for making the new work evolve around the themes of Geology, Mountaineering, Botany, and landscapes, whilst […]
22/03/2013 After having Thursday off in order to go to London to see an exhibition. I returned to the gallery on the Friday in order to deliver a talk my work and progression of the residency to staff at the […]
23/03/2013 Saturday was the day of the public talk, it was also the day that winter had decided to come back. Just when you thought spring had arrived, winter arrives in all its glory, covering fields in white blankets. My […]
25th/03/2013 Today (Monday) I have started to put together a narrative for my work and plan what I need to do in order to make the work happen. I wanted to bring together all the information that I have been […]
26th/03/2013 On Tuesday I come into the gallery with the idea of writing a story based on the information that I have received, and for this story to act as a narrative for a performance piece that could be carried […]
27th/03/2013 Today, I am visited by Deborah Robinson from New Art Gallery Walsall, in order to discuss how I think the residence has gone. I also saw this as a chance to show her my previous work and also discuss […]
Today is my last day, I am gutted that the journey has gone so quickly, but I am excited that it is the start of a new piece of work. Here is an section of the story that I wrote […]
Channelling Juan I actually couldn’t sleep the night before visiting the work of Juan Munoz at the Turner Contemporary so childishly excited to really see work only known via the screen. On the first visit, I engaged with the work […]
Blog writing is going to get tricky over the next few months, because I won’t know where to write! The work I am making at the moment is solely for the joint project with Bo Jones, so it seems logical […]
It’s funny how one thing can completely change a whole mindset. I’m delighted to say that I have been awarded one of the a-n RE:view bursaries. Hooray!!! Suddenly I feel like I can conquer the world again! In addition to […]
The artist would like to extend her grateful thanks to a-n for awarding her a RE:view bursary. Her mental state has transcended to new levels of idiosyncratic invincibility. Cullinan falls into a rapsodic idyll over the manufactured artifice engineered by […]
Maria Stenfors, London
27 February – 6 April 2013
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, West Midlands
9 January – 9 March 2013