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My online exhibition is ready! I’ve been beavering away the past two days, working on creating an online gallery that profiles the work I have made and the ideas that I have developed. I’ve just uploaded it here: http://www.claireweetman.co.uk/shanghaigallery.htm… It’s […]

Art as Therapy or Art in Therapy? (part 2/2) However Edwards is also keen to highlight the influence of psychoanalyst Margaret Nuamberg who’s own slant on art therapy; whilst different from Hill’s, is closer to the therapeutic model used today. […]

Art as Therapy or Art in Therapy? (Part 1/2) It’s seems like an age since my last post, particularly as I’ve been reading up on how others are getting on through their blogs. For instance, in reading Kate Murdoch’s blog […]

I have been seeking materials to use for a few weeks now. These materials I now have in my possession may keep me occupied for a while. I cannot wait to work with them. 28.11.2012.

a playful day

A nerve wracking day looming tomorrow – the collection of many car-fulls of shoe boxes and attaching the shoes inside to an enormous aluminium truss to form an archway. Just hoping for good weather. (please please please don’t rain) Today […]

And then in steps the doubt… Why would I do this? Two separate people have told me I am brave to do this! Why would they say that? Do teachers operate under a culture of repercussion? Am I being foolish? […]

I went to a meeting yesterday of a new Art Group set up in Mold N.Wales, I was a different group I am use too, it was mostly Photographers and Design and communication artists. It was a great meeting for […]

Went to the fourth installation of Picture / Tableau / Screen: a visual symposium at UCA Canterbury yesterday. Unfortunately I couldn’t go to all of them but did make the second installation as well. The Herbert Read Gallery became a […]

Quite recently I have been thinking about artists that I can add my themed blog posts. I thought about why I like certain artists work and how they have influenced my work over the past few years. Before I came […]

My grandparents brought me to this country aged 7 as a social migrant and to protect my mother from a terrorizing father. Adopted with my brother aged 10 into a strict yet loving family of 8 that I struggled to […]

My foray as stated, started shortly after completing my BA. I had moved up to a little village just outside of Cambridge and for lack of other opportunity, was working in the local petrol station that was the social centre […]

So as promised in this post I will talk about my recent work. Since the last time I posted I have done so much work therefore this post might have to be split into two. Since my mirror images and […]

So now our journey comes to a brief halt. Suddenly I found myself asking the question “Why?” Why did I want to explore beauty? Why am I bothered? What do I have to say? All these questions produced one simple […]

Things have moved on this year and I now find that I am studying my BA(hons) Fine Art Course at the University of Northampton. I am half way through my second year and wanted to share what I have been […]

The U Turn Portraits-Part Two. “Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and […]