I received an ‘Artist update’ the other day by email – one of several I’ve had over the last couple of months from different artists. ( even though I hadn’t requested them, or put myself on any mailing list) The […]
Kam: reduce reuse recyle- let’s get it sorted… …more affordable than you think. After an explorative evening in AXO, we three were walking home and we came upon this new advertisment on a bus stop on Leith Walk. Also you […]
Today the Farningham Hobby Horse Project was to have been a presence at the Ripley Arts Centre. We arrived, unloaded the cars, set them up around the lovely sensory garden in the manner of a sculpture park – something we […]
Day One How exciting! I pick up the licence and I am good to go so I go home and get my things. So how do I get my things down to the dome? I have paintings and a sign […]
So i’ve packed, and I’m enroute to Scheidam. There’s no production happening at Ruimte in Beweging over the weekend, so I’m taking a 2 day break in Amsterdam. The life of an artist means that even a holiday brings with […]
Hatch at NEAT11, Nottingham
28 May – 12 June 2011
I applied for a Street Trading Licence because I live in a seaside resort that attracts many visitors throughout the summer and I cannot afford the rent for a static shop. The aim is to produce saleable paintings within the […]
Some reasoning behind starting with a photograph and ending with a painting: I start with photography so I can try out many compositions quickly. I can take up to 80 photographs with only slight differences in composition, just for the […]
I’ve been busy in work this week, so I’ve taken a break from blogging. It gave me a chance to reflect upon a few things though after reading a really good article in ‘Creative Boom’ about tweeting: http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/tips/the-real-reasons-why-people-stop-following-you-on-twitter/ It makes […]
I’ve been reading more Richard Schechner today (Between Theater and Anthropology), because I’m putting together a project about restored behaviour. Schechner writes about ‘twiceness’ in performance: that a character being performed is both ‘not’ that character (because it’s really an […]
The Birmingham MA Fine Art show is complete! and will open on 2nd September 2011. It will then be open as follows Saturday 3rd Sept and Sunday 4th Sept 10am – 4pm Monday 5th Sept – Friday 9th Sept 10am […]
I know artists use their sketch books in many different ways. Mine contains writing as well as quick sketches, detailed visual plans of ideas, photographs and half baked ideas thought about in the wee small hours, some of which I’m […]
I have been having some downtime from my usual blogaholic behaviour – partly due, well mainly due to the fact that I have been really busy finishing off work for my show at the CHRC at Goldsmiths College, lots of […]