Looking forward to Cornelia Baltes’ exhibition Hooloovoo at Aspex Gallery, Gunwharf; If you don’t get a chance to visit then definitely check it out online… http://www.aspex.org.uk/art/gallery_1/hooloovoo Last night I made a few more preliminary blind sketches, this time the model […]
It’s fab that several fellow ex-Wirral Met contemporaries are blogging with exciting projects – Carol Ramsay, Julie Dodd, Jeni McConell. I have resolved to find more time to read and keep up!
Our MA year are beginning to think about ways to fundraise for the end of year show. I have come up with the idea of having a RCA ‘Secrets’ style exhibition in which to raise money. We would recruit artists […]
After last weeks attack of the January blues, I’ve made some progress and am putting a little bit of that negativity and sulking behind me. I guess sometimes you just have to take a fresh look at things. Getting down […]
Having been the lucky recipient of some London Art Fair VIP tickets via a friend I collected one of my art mates and we sallied forth. Free entry and catalogues was enough to make us happy. Last year I visited […]
Sporting League: Game 36 Tranquilayers initially made tough work of their match against Green Tree but eventually went on to win by three goals to one. Tranquilayers boss: ‘I thought we did well out there today. All the games are […]
Artist’s interviews and writing on radical contemporary art – www.ContemporaryTalks.com Born a War Painter Edry’s Mother’s Day drawing at the age of 3, her earliest recollection of over-painting ”It is pretty amazing, looking back at life, how I have always […]
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve given one presentation about my work and now I have another one on the way. I’ve also started another new painting, been working on various pieces of photography work and have applied to […]
I have been listening to a seminar called The Good, the Beautiful, and the True – Buddhism and Western Philosophy. Don’t know much about Buddhism (or any religion for that matter) but intrigued. Week 2 lead by Manjusiha discussed the […]
Six weeks now since we applied for ACE funding….five weeks since they acknowledged receipt. We know that they were never going to fund an overseas project – that is just their policy. Our application was for funding that would enable […]
Such a relief. Everything has colluded this Christmas to stop me getting into my new room to start work again. But here I am in my new studio room at last and I have been working again – all day. […]
Again I can’t really remember what was in my last post but I’m fairly certain I had started both my my residencies so I’m going to talk about what I’ve been up to this week… Monday I was working at […]
Continued working as shown here on the Dickens manuscript proof painting from the current Dickens display at the V&A national art library. All 3 manuscript paintings are now at a stage to being finished together and displayed.
Stephen Fry/ Care Bear with Blind Reconstruction Drawings My starting point is an image from Heat, a pap of Stephen Fry wearing a Care Bear head. I’m fascinated with the concept of reconstruction and initially decided to straight forward photograph […]
Today’s post could be about the work in the studio, but that would be too depressing. An entire day preparing to make the first of 3 sections of the rubber mould of Phil’s sculpture gone to waste. All my smugness […]