Current goings on in Cardiff, What a brilliant weekend its been, the weathers been something other than fierce mild, hurrah. To celebrate, I visited the Book Arts Fayre 6 at Ffotogallery, in Penarth, which along with the inquisitive Daniel Blaufuks […]
The pressure is beginning to mount now; I need to have one wax completed so it can start the journey to becoming a bronze. A decision has been reached that one piece I have been working for the last 2 […]
Come a little closer My work tends to be quite dramatic when viewed from a distance – maybe even a bit theatrical. I notice it draws people in, as they try to work out how I have done something such […]
Things are looking up. After our worry about not finding a space for our MA show – several options have now emerged. ‘Motorcade/Flashparade’ has now become available, as has ‘The Diving School’ So we have gone from having no space […]
Well, I got quite a lot done over the last few days. I wrote out my ideas for the exhibition at the new Library of Birmingham along with the elements that I would like the library folks to supply or […]
A very busy period of activity has ended. The comedy course took up 6 weeks of Monday nights, but also a lot of rehearsal and writing an rewriting of material. It has been a success though. We all had our […]
Introducing… Hello, we are the People of the Eye collective. We are a group of visual artists and sign poets who are gathered together to explore in various ways, through various media the nature of the visual in sign language […]
3 posts in 3 days… what can I say? I’ve had a thoughtful week and everyone else in the house is obsessed with football, and I have to avoid it somehow. It’s Monday morning and it seems appropriate to post […]
am puzzled that when it comes to open submissions for art exhibitions/competitions there seems to be a development that says you pay your money to submit, and because there is such a large volume of submissions we can’t get back […]
My starting point for last semester was somewhat confused. Firstly, I wasn’t sure what I was doing after the long summer break, and secondly, I found myself caught up in the symbolism of birds, a concept I struggled with in […]
Visiting Art Studios in Glasgow. An Intro: To blog or not to blog; I am posting this as my first entry, as an introduction to my path as a practising Artist…as it really illustrates my own personal journey in the […]
I have been so busy recently. I completed and sent back my student ambassador profile questionnaire last week and finished writing my review on Graham Sutherland: An Unfinished World at Modern Art Oxford which can be found here: http://www.rovesandroams.com/2012/02/graham-sutherland-an-unfinished-world-at-modern-art-oxford/ My […]
Visiting Art Studios in Glasgow. October 20, 2007: “Room by room, picture by picture an image was painted in my mind. Some had larger spaces than others, some more organised spaces…others a collage of mess, spreading itself across the floor […]
Yay!! I think it has been quite a productive day. After three hours of discussion, photoshop mock ups, mood boards and general experiments this afternoon, our group seems to have decided on a cover for the catalogue :D We’ve also […]
Last Thursday evening the launch for ZeitgeistAP (ZAP) took place. ZAP is a new venture created by Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley with the education of artists by artists at its core. It was a great night and it felt […]
I’ve been in Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum constantly for a few weeks now; working on the install of Henry Moore in the Art Councl Collection. It looks good and has been increadbly popular over the past few days […]
Sleeping ladybirds are snuggled in the small spaces made by the burnt wood as it has split in the burning process. I am working gently around them so they are not disturbed. Possibly they have spent the winter nestled there. […]
Last time I visited here I was in the waiting place, and now, I realised, I feel like George in George’s Marvelous Medicine. The pots are simmering nicely and the concoctions I’m working on are alluring and treacle like; with […]
I started off today trying to remember to remember to plan… which went quite well for a little while. The trouble is when things aren’t quite working, it is very hard to stick to what you are supposed to be […]
knock knock, open wide, see what’s on the other side knock knock and more come with me through the magic door… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpRD_il9s8 the artist is not an individual the artist belongs to art art belongs to the public collectors and […]
+ Journey Through The Light + Hungate Medieval Art, Princes Street, Norwich NR3 1AE Private View: Thursday 15th March 6.00pm—8.00pm Exhibition dates: 16 March to 15 July 2012 Exhibition opening hours: Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm Sunday 2.00pm – 4.00pm Admission […]
+ JOURNEYS + THROUGH + THE + LIGHT + Hungate Medieval Art in association with The School of World Art and Museology at the University of East Anglia is seeking Stewarding and Events Volunteers for Journeys Through The Light, an […]
Performance sketch for Glasgow International 2012 – Whistleblower your table shine is mine: Seduce and destroy. Swan-like I am hunched over black mass, caressing its uneven contours, coveting its penetrating beauty, as I whisper my fantasies of masculinity into […]
People of the Eye are a newly forming collective of (British) sign language poets and visual artists, working together. Each poet has created and performed a poem,to which an artist is asked to creatively respond. The insights of the artists […]
An insight into my creative practice in the build up to the final degree show at Oxford Brookes University. Through the investigation of embroidery, I am attempting to capture notions of the sublime through domestic stitch using imagery from the […]
