Scavenging + going to see my prints. Well today wasn’t about making it was about getting more material to make more stuff with. I didn’t expect to be running out of material so fast as i’ve been collecting metal and […]
Artists are ridiculous, discuss. And sometimes a pencil is just a pencil. Junk shops seem to be a source of inspiration recently, firstly for the Seventies Romance Portraits I made last year which celebrate the melodramatic cover art of pulp […]
Here is my latest version of Eltham Palace bedroom. For this one I experimented with adding bright red to the black and white colour composition. Although it didn’t quite produce the desired eerie effect, it did give the image a […]
I have had so many meetings and discussions about this project recently that I feel like I have been having an out of body experience! I think this is because when I began this blog, it was very much in […]
Working men’s clubs and pubs An unusual spot of influence to the visual imagery depicted in the contemporary paintings has come from the post’s eponymous title. The recent exhibition visit to the UKs capital hubbub for culture and arts has […]
The Sporting League: Game 17. Pointeso swiftly returned to winning ways with a three goals to nil away win over fading champions Tranquilayers. Pointeso Gaffer: ‘It was always going to be a tough ask to go to the fortress that […]
Visited the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford on Thursday to discuss the residency I’m doing there in May. The director’s office in a steep climb to the summit of the building, a tall room with inky curtains […]
‘come and see’ Portsmouth: February 9th Wake as per imposed schedule now selfish its my thinking time – stripped bare bath – read – consider – apply – design cold creeps upon the waters and breaths into me forgotten words […]
For the past few weeks we on the publicity team have been busy establishing a network of social media strands that will hopefully give an insight into the preparation process of putting on the degree show, and as a result […]
A couple of discoveries today: “Ways of Knowing” an experimental year long project “exploring the different registers, values and subjectivities of collaborative research” http://waysofknowingresearch.wordpress.com/ I found out about the project because I follow one of the participants, Sheffield University academic […]
Sporting League: Game 16. Runaway leaders Pointeso suffered their first defeat of the campaign with a three goals to two loss against plucky Red Star. Red Star boss: ‘There’s a lot of talent in our squad and we proved that […]
Friday Salon: Artists and Participatory Practices on 1st March 2013 in ICA, London Focusing on artists’ work who employ participatory strategies, this event will examine the challenges artists face in working within socially engaged art activities and the skills they […]
I study ‘Fine and Applied Arts’, at Canterbury Christ Church University. The course is highly Versatile and students can choose to work in a number of areas, incuding ceramics, sculpture, glass, etching…. www.clairesart.org.uk [email protected] Please find me on Facebook under […]
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
2 February – 17 April 2013
Its 11:30pm. I am writing at the end of a Friday. I have spent the day working on my PR. In this case it involved me visiting the Jobcentre to sign on because the money I allotted myself is not […]
ANTIBES PAINTING Recording the progress of my Antibes painting. It’s not doing what I want. My latest thought is to redraw the composition as portrait rather than landscape; to get the feeling that the studio is high up and the […]
It’s challenging working as a resident artist, that is, because the space you’re working in proffers an immediate audience. It’s challenging feeling you haven’t got enough actually done in a day, produced that is, when you know how important it […]
Hapy Chinese New Year everyone. It is Chinese New Year’s Eve and we are going to my parents’ for dinner. Looking forward to some yummy noodles. According to one source “The Snake symbolizes such character traits as intelligence, gracefulness and […]
Sporting League Game 15. Pointeso continued their crusade to Sporting domination with a straight forward goal to nil win over Delta. Pointeso boss: ‘We worked for our money today, and to be fair, I didn’t expect anything else against Delta. […]
I first initially began collecting my train tickets just as a habit throughout the summer as I was travelling backwards and forwards to work. I had no real plans to use these as work, however with the vast collection I […]
Mark Wallinger has unveiled a series of 270 works that will hang in each station of the London Underground.
Dalla Rosa Gallery, London
8 February – 2 March 2013
Hauser & Wirth, London
30 January – 13 April 2013
