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Month 6/12 February was a strange month—partially optimistic with spring approaching but also filled with doubt as many decisions needed to be made. Time is ticking, and I am halfway through my project. I met some lovely people through a […]

My Boldbrush art contest entries for February are selected from the brand new paintings that I’ve been creating this month as part of the Artquest 30/30, where I aim to paint thirty paintings in thirty days (see all the paintings […]

Seemingly packed in to the border but actually having oodles of room. These lovelies like having the comfort of neighbours just there, having them to help read their minds. Takes the pressure off having to intricately know oneself all the […]

Dutifully bobbing heads to passers by, some sprinkling the odd petals underfoot in a spot of bashful hope. These beauties believe themselves to be classically refined, but they secretly know they’re not really beyond the frivolous should the mood take […]

The crisis of confidence is dissipating, and now I have actually hung it in the gallery I am quite pleased with how it all relates. It was an awkward, bitty place to install work, windows and doors, pillars and other […]

Mischievous gusts sweep in ever-strengthening tides, making their way towards their favourite place of ruffling. Swathes of petals flitter and flutter as the games commence. Some are anchored securely, some not-so much, instigating fans of flaming colour as far as […]

Set up rules to dictate the layout of each grid within a matrix Format – make grids smaller or larger Rules – research into how other artists before have explored rules or system based art – or generative.

Luxuriously unfurling and extending all petals and foliage, the bright warmth disarms any misgivings and tempts even the shyest from their night time closets. Some are stunned, standing upright, letting themselves ease into this rare reality. Others immediately bounce and […]

After my art residency, I travelled to Athens to meet my wife. We wandered around the city and found a giant meat market in Athens. I felt quite nauseous, and it made a good subject to draw. A few days […]

Final weekend of the the embroidery course. I have really enjoyed it even when things haven’t gone to plan (white embroidery). It has certainly gotten me thinking about skill(s) and material(s) in different ways. On the wall in the studio […]

I had resigned myself to the fact there was too much else going on in my life to actually start making anything new. But it seems that my back-burner of a brain had other ideas… I’ve been doing the course […]

I’ve decided I’m going to try to show 16 works, and this means I need to make another 4. I think I have enough time before the show, if I try to make one per day. Here’s one I did […]

Feathery wisps of seed heads sweep up and around in the breeze, and catch in the vibrant petals as they flutter and dance. Too light and frothy to really give themselves a destination, they literally take life as it comes. […]

its tough – being honest with one self about where one is. the gap between the real and the aspiration. i came to add another post where i write about the infinite struggle and all that goes with it. another […]