I’ve posted before about sketch books haven’t I? As have other bloggers here. My sketch book has been untouched for several weeks now, other than the odd scribbled note or phone number. Why is this? I think it is because […]
PLEASE EXCUSE WRITING – EYESIGHT BAD… …that was how Nancy O’Connor ended her first letter to me. In fact her writing is all in block capitals and on ruled paper, so it was very easy to read. She had heard […]
From looking sideways to looking back, I found concepts I devised and never fulfilled. Some I have actively modified into new projects; some leak out in other ways. These images probably informed my recent work with everyday objects. Voices from […]
University of Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh
4 August – 22 October 2012
Louise Winter: Per Diem Grey Space Galleries, Leeds Friday 3 August 2012 Last night I went to see Louise Winter’s new solo show opening at Grey Space Galleries at Melbourne Street Studios, Leeds. GreySpace Galleries will be hosting the first […]
I’ve had a really successful couple of days drawing. Following a great chat with Rosamond, I have relaxed a little and am just allowing the marks to come. I’m no longer ‘forcing the issue’ at it were and I am […]
Last night was also the mid-show private view of Microcosm in Leeds which I’m exhibiting in with Elastic Band. Departure Foundation (also producing HOARD) have secured a huge office space in Leeds Valley Park where Microcosm is taking place 14 […]
Rubbish (2011) is going to be screened at Garage Show 2: a fast & dirty exhibition in Edmonton, Canada, 25 & 26 August 2012 For Garage Show 2, fast & dirty will be exhibiting paintings within one residential garage and […]
Well, that was not a great success as far as boat-making went but I had some good conversations. Too much sport going on really. Great to get some feedback though via this blog about the boats, so thanks to Clare […]
I’m really not meant to be working just now. It’s the summer holidays, and any attempt to even do mindless nothingness in my studio is constantly interrupted by the 13 year old. I’m applying for the AA2A scheme again to […]
Not much to say today folks, but a few photos of my working hanging at Junction Festival of Contemporary Arts, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton. It’s been fun, and there are some amazing pieces of work about!
Such neglectful bloggers – busy bloggers more like! But in my case it isn’t a question of “out of sight out of mind” because as I walk about the place I see things and think to myself, “Julie would love […]
Turner Prize-winning Glasgow artist Susan Philipsz talks about her Timeline sound installation at the opening of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
2 August 2012
De-Ciphering “A cipher is any method of encrypting text (concealing its readability and meaning). Its origin is the Arabic sifr, meaning empty or zero.” In her text on Souvenirs, Susan Stewart writes: ‘The souvenir is destined to be forgotten; its […]
