Thanks to fellow art student and lovely friend Sarah Bale for showing me how to resize photo without photoshop on computer, allowing me to finally put photos of my paintings onto my blog. Patience is a real virtue! Still working […]
Architecture is full of character, composition and scale. All of my photographs are produced in black and white. The reason for this is the intensity of the contrast in colour, the texture that a black and white can pick out […]
I will be continuing to explore drawing and painting foxes in different styles
We have won! The judge has awarded costs in our favour. 75% – so not the total bill, but a solid result nevertheless. We have to go through every bit of correspondence to determine our costs as litigants in person. […]
Finally, the show is over. We packed up The Collective last Sunday. A much quicker process than the ‘putting up’. It is a relief its over and life can continue as normal. I really enjoyed meeting new artists and listening […]
#2 So, getting right down to it, I’ve been doing some quick drawings and paintings in my sketchbooks, starting to plan out and research just what I want to look into with this work of mine. A thing I haven’t […]
Tomorrow is the big opening day…nerves are settling into a constant buzzing. Managed to set up the video system thanks to the technical assistance of Andy Preston (Edge-Effect). Finally the Sale Area is ready to go too.All elements been priced, […]
#3 Just wanted to say something quick about the digital manipulation of my sketchbook pages. I’ve been experimenting and playing with techniques that I’ve used in the past (not necessarily for university work, but I’ve used them all the same) […]
Walking offers clues We spent the morning in Norwich City Centre. Walking around a collection of sites relating to the 5 commissioners we are looking at allowed for further thinking about proximity, wealth and status.We started the tour at Davey […]
I haven’t been on here for a while , but things are slowly happening on the PTB front, but as I don’t have anything visual to offer and as you both have posted quite a lot of sketchbook pages I […]
The three-day Institutions by Artists conference in Vancouver brought over 400 artist, curators and academics together to discuss and debate the past, present and future of artist-run organisations. We report from what was an expansive and lively international gathering.
Gary Stevens, 'Now and Again', video installation, Oct 2012. Photo: Still from video. Courtesy: the artist.
BEN OAKLEY, 'Influence the Journey', Very Mixed, 2012. Photo: Mobot. Spray Paint on Brass Fire Gaurd.