3 January 2012 Back at my desk for the New Year and tackling the backlog of emails. This is the last week of our lovely exhibitions, Michael Craig-Martin’s Alphabet prints and Telling Tales: Story Scrolls from India. I’ll be getting […]
Emily Speed kicked off a very lovely round up of personal achievements of the year gone by a few years ago on a-n and a few of us followed suit. One can find it hard to talk about achievements but […]
Yes Emily Speed you started a positive trend in 2010 …. The annual Summing Up In 2011 1. No SUGAR! I gave up sugar for a whole year [minus alcohol]. Feel marvellous. Sugar addiction fixed! I ate no biscuits, cakes, […]
At New Year I visited the Museum of London: Dickens and London exhibition and the Dickens BBC programming, Dickens 2012 website have been helpful- as has having listened to a lot of his audiobooks whilst painting. Having looked closely at […]
Last week I settled down to a routine of working. I read and bookmarked during the day wherever I could, and made notes and wrote at night once everyone had given up and gone to bed. This seemed to work, […]
2012 has arrived and I have come to the end of the Botanic Garden residency and blog. So this will be my blogging opportunity from now on as I begin to think and create in the New Year. Over the […]
it’s been a while. There has now been plenty of time to reflect on ipso facto. So what of it? What of our practice together and apart. It has been over two months since we finished. Two month in which […]
I’m thrilled to be one of five artists commisioned by In Certain Places to make a piece of work that will be shown during Preston Guild 2012. I met all the other artists in December 2011 where we had a […]
I am currently exploring the use of the female form and women’s sexuality in art. I am interested in the cliche representations of women, pink, flowers, lace, and how these are associated with women being delicate and feminine; contrasted with […]
Art Intentions 2012 There’s no escaping them if I publish them here! (Based on a 5 day working week) and in no particular order………….. Complete Fine art degree in June Take part in the Leeds International Artist’s Book Fair in […]
Look! No more pen. Here’s a photo of the setup I made today to match yesterday’s diagram. The black matchstick looking up at the pen through the glass is the very very small video camera I’m using. I’ve made a […]
Sporting League: Game 28 Bayerns and Tranquilayers both had penalties either side of half time in a match that failed to live up to it’s lofty expectations. Sporting Radio Pundit X: ‘We didn’t see the best of the top two […]
Apart from the enjoyable festivities, Christmas proved to be a good time for dissertation research. One of my Christmas presents was a new book on the sublime* published in 2011 which I had not been aware of (a present from […]
‘A blog detailing the transition from the inside world to the outside world’… The blog description says it all really – I have 5 months until the end of university and this small numer is starting to scare me a […]
I’m getting all my stuff together for my PG Dip assessment tomorrow. I need to make sure I load up the car with everything I need but I’m spending the evening fannying about (as Jo Farnell would say) painting steel […]
Here are some photos of my most current pieces of work, from and exhibition held at Manchester School of Art. The piece consists of 110 porcelain vessels (I like to call them vessels) spread out onto 11 shelves from floor […]
Some good advice I’ve just received some pertinent but very useful advice. (Thanks Ken). It takes someone else to point out what’s under your nose. In a nutshell: stop fannying around. I’m wasting time working on too many ideas at […]
Can I omit the pen altogether?
I have to arrange a meeting this week with the Butterfly Park committee to discuss the paperwork terms and conditions of the grant offer before signing an agreement. My problem is that from what I can gather the money will […]
Summary of an evaluation study that was commissioned by North by NorthWest, a consortium of twelve publicly funded visual arts organisations in Lancashire and Cumbria.
Recommendations presented to Creative Industries Council to instigate industry led proposals for addressing skills issues to boost the growth and competitiveness of the Creative Industries.
Shadow Portraits This is a project I’ve been meaning to get to grips with for a while now. There’s something of the confessional about it. I want to trace shadow portraits but specifically the moment after the person has told […]
Still more drawing for now.