‘Homesome’ Portsmouth – Southampton – Portsmouth: January 26th Wake as usual – fearful of the unknown- dreams ramp up the trauma Lay there tired with no choice but to listen to next doors children scream and stamp – after one […]
I have just finished this piece called ‘The Enchantress’.
‘Show myself some compassion’ Portsmouth: January 27th The radio distracts PTSD so I miss the date with 5:32am – I know it will catch up with me – will be on my guard Up late – today is my day […]
Jessica Jordan, 'Vessel', ceramics.
John Bunker, 'Dirty Day', Mixed media, 2012. Photo: Simon Pike. Courtesy: Copyright John Bunker.
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Grandfather With the opening of the long-awaited debut solo show, GRANDFATHER, one is found with pride and conviction of their actions that have led the beginning to the end of the Graduate Residency a success. Changes were made, thought processes […]
New Contemporary Paintings Although produced within the last weeks leading up to the debut solo show GRANDFATHER, the newly exhibited paintings show a depth to artistic control and determination, foreclosing theory and existential texts in favour of lifting a paintbrush […]
Weather Affliction and Contemporary Art The opening of a long-awaited debut solo show GRANDFATHER at AirSpace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent has seen the whole area swept by heavy snow, converting it into a blank canvas begging for painting. This has caused […]
Arts & Business Scotland has announced that its new Chief Executive will be David Watt, currently Director of Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
Back in the studio. A photograph from my assessment piece has been drawn out and traced around the perimetre. I have then cut these shapes and experimented with them with paper initially and soon plan to realise these in Perspex […]
A busy week, reciprocity wise. Been reading Grant H Kester’s “Conversation Pieces: The Role of Dialogue in Socially Engaged Art” (downloadable pdf: www.grantkester.net/…/Conversation+Pieces_+The+Role+of+Dialogue+in+Socially-Engaged+Art.pdf) in which he talks of the artist’s role in participatory art of ‘creative orchestration’ – which seems […]
I’ve been idly looking at opportunities today, especially one that was not only sent to me by a couple of people, but had caught my eye anyway, as it was such a rarity. http://culture.org.uk/2013/01/21/wirral-museums-seek-artist/ At first glance it looked quite […]
Chasing the pathway Cambridge: January 24th Wake at 5:27 – Pleased i am not forgotten – snooze. Headphones on. Breakfast changes – more bacon more beans no egg or tomato- decide this is the new rule Leave – Ice walk […]