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A slight delay in posting this week as my computer is poorly. It’s been creaking for a while, but the stress of downloading various software add-ons to update Microsoft Office has proved too much. In a sinister turn of events, […]

When Ross comes online (we both have googlemail accounts) I jump on him like a beast and fire questions to him about his weekend, what’s he been doing, is he surviving the ash cloud so far north of Edinburgh – […]

I am obviously becoming addicted to vintage caravans, when I said in my last post that every city should have it’s own caravan artwork I meant it – now I have come across this little gem opening in June 2011. […]

The arts council have approved funding for the joint exhbition in london and a loan to help produce my book hoorah!! I will be selling advance copies at ‘surface’ at the crypt gallery 1st to 10th July so get yourself […]

degree show install is in full swing… the 4 www.skype.com accounts are set-up and connected (been having some fun with that around the building!!!), 1 of my 4 nodes is fully installed, 1 is roughtly in place, 1 is going […]

*** Please scroll down to view the pundits preview of the matches at the bottom of this article. The Sporting League show rolls onto Wakefield in Temporary art Show 3 Part 2. Visitors at the event will be invited to […]

The video triptych installation is complete, here’s the left panel shot inside the 3D installation.

Bucks Uni Studio | Update The studios have been cleared ready for the degree show build. As with the previous years this time always seems to arrive abruptly just as the work is flowing. The space I had this year […]

I’ve been experimenting with a number of alternative photography processes and like the translucency that is possible with transfers and printing on to different papers. I have then combined these fragile images with cut out poetry that suggests a narrative […]

I’ve been working with a series of film stills from the BBC documentary ‘Blackpool on Film’ and have incorporated stitch into the images by printing on to vilene and have hoped to add an element of intrigue and a darker […]

Yesterday I performed The Customer in a windswept park in South London. To add to the atmosphere there was a brief but heavy shower 30 minutes before I was due to start. And when I saw windswept I really mean […]

Exposure and disclosure Our first five days at the market have been wonderful, challenging and exhausting. We had a multitude of hiccups, largely involving the Lambeth Council bureaucracy – and us forgetting things. But actually being in the market and […]

13th May 2011 Art in China I’ve been back to Beijing for some meetings and delivering some talks at Sichuan Fine Art Institute and Chongqing Technology and Business University. The contemporary art scene in China seems very interesting. In Beijing […]

15th May 2011 A full day in Chongqing During a photography session in the morning I noticed a group of people gathering at a small, dark corner squeezed between a green belt and a wall. There were incense being burnt […]

17th May 2011 The old lady In the extremely busy area of Yang Jia Ping, an old lady sat on the pedestrian path making old-fashioned shoes by hands. I was drawn to her by her silver hair, extremely-winkled face and […]

National and International exchange between artists is a vital and energizing experience, and it’s one of the things we wanted Studio 75 to facilitate. In June the first international exchange will take place at the studio: the visit of artists […]

I’ve been meaning to write a blog post on this subject but reading Emily speeds entry on Debut contemporary reminded me to get on with it. I be interested to know if any other artists have had dealings with debut […]

Automatic Piano News I’m really excited about the prospect of using a player piano to play my chewing gum composition. Last week I went to have another look at a piano that was given to Susan Walsh , Artist and […]

18th May 2011 A forest city I’ve been photographing a lot in the last few days. There’s something that struck me. Perhaps it is the contrast between the old and the new town? Yesterday, from the golden towers, I walked […]

It is now the time to bring this blog to a close. The Private View has been and gone, the work is installed and on display for the forseeable future and I have finally managed to get an image of […]