Time is too elastic, and chores are taking ages, the list getting ever longer. Will I get into the studio this weekend? Only if I can squeeze and pinch time in the right places and leave an open pocket of […]
Uni broke up yesterday for Christmas, which whilst I find it frustrating that the studio is closed for two weeks, it has meant that this last week I managed ot get myself into gear and do some more practical work. […]
Scotney Castle: 500 Lies (jigsaw puzzle pieces) Jigsaw puzzles are useful to me: I have a healthy interest in boredom. And c. shops are full of jigsaws. There’s nothing more to this at the moment, just playing around. No concept, […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about community and the sense of belonging that goes hand in hand with it since last writing this blog. Globally of course community is at the forefront of many people’s consciousness – whether it’s in […]
Term ended yesterday for Christmas, and after walking to the seafront this morning I discovered that the studio space was closed (which was a bit gutting really considering all my work is inside and it is the reason why i […]
Some old work done for my (unfinished)* MA at UEL 2009 is included in a new book published this month by Canary Wharf Group plc entitled ‘Sculpture at Canary Wharf: A Decade of Exhibitions’ featuring all the public art shown […]
This work by Enver Gursev, sold last night at a Christmas party in his studio in Nolias Gallery. It was painted 2 or 3 weeks ago. The paint has probably only just dried in the past couple of days. It’s […]
Tomorrow! Beginning to panic! The fire sculpture is progressing to schedule. Last week the kids helped me to paint flameproof varnish on the wooden frame. I’m not sure how well this stuff works, I’ve never tried it before, but several […]
Fine Art (with Art History).
Tate Britain, London
14 June 2011 to 4 September 2011
This blog is about what, why and how I produce my art, and also what I do with it – be it in exhibitions, competitions, or sit in a corner of a room ashamed of itself.
‘Painting is a philosophical enterprise that doesn’t always involve paint.’ Howard Halle
My submission is in for the drawing show that’s coming up. Its over to the selection comittee now, i’ve always wondered what happens behind those closed doors. This show is based on John Berger’s definition of drawing as “observation, expression […]
I am currently working on a body of work that is exploring complexity and connections and different facets of the same experience. I often like to follow narrratives and respond not to the story but the events and pressures contained […]
Still drawing for one more painting for next year’s exhibition. I am drawing with a Wacom tablet straight to the computer. I’ve been surprised that people some how think this is a form of “cheating”, I explain that each medium […]
Recently I have been so preoccupied with making editions, to get my work out into galleries that I have been missing out on the creating and inventing. Now it is time to start. I keep feeling the urge to use […]
When I was a photography student learning about colour photography, I had to learn about the properties of light, how it broke apart and how it blended together. It hurt my head. I remember really struggling to accept that green […]
Searching for a way to introduce myself inside these sets, i decided to look for pictures of my self already taken and pasting/placing them in/side this photographed sets. This was in 2009 when I first started working on these photos. […]
Q1. Why did you decide to become an artist? Q2. Why did you decide, after realising what it’s really like to be an artist, to CONTINUE to be an artist? Q3. And, after discovering what it’s really like, why didn’t […]
Time is running out fast. We lost electricity again, so our electricity box was beeping, so the neighbours came out again to see what is going on. They must think we are idiots – this is the third time this […]
We did another hair dresser shoot today. Matt and I have been fiming hairdressers around the world. We just place to camera they for a few hours, in front of the hair dressing chair and let it roll.. We have […]
Open house went well, quiet but nearly everyone sold work with a couple of people doing very well. I swapped a print for a fake faberge framed picture of a pigeon by Sal Penfold. Its excellent and goes with our […]
Standard response from ACE…. with the additional – ‘Our office will close on 23 December 2010 and re-open on 3 January 2011. You will not be able to contact us during these dates.’… ‘There is a high demand for our […]
