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One week left until the Open Day and I am praying that the weather stays so great. There are butterflies in abundance at the park this week, it’s too early for a lot of them but the sun has brought […]

Went to the Williamson Art Gallery yesterday, to give artist Louise Waller a helping hand with her workshop there. It was a drop in session and on a glorious day like yesterday, it was hit or miss if anyone would […]

We’re planning to use this blog as a catalyst for defining our collaborative relationships as artists both using drawing as a working medium, as well as a process to realise and experiment with ideas.

Traveller, there is no path,The path is made by walkingAntonio Machado Rivalry, division and inequality can make collaboration difficult, but on a one-to-one level, they can be overcome with a mixture of hard work and patience. However, what can you […]

Sporting League: Game 38 Sporting Radio: Pundit X: ‘Well we got the top gig in providing post match analysis on the last game of the season – and what a day we’ve had!’ Pundit Y: ‘Aye, it was a day […]

This is a reply to Carol Ramsey’s comment (in italics here) in my previous post – mainly because it prompted some thoughts about pop-up events and because of that old friend – word count. I agree, The Art School is […]

I got an email yesterday with a video reply from Sid, the artist who I mentioned in my previous post. He’s changed his voice and his face in the first part, which raises interesting questions about self and identity and […]

It was good to receive a flyer this morning from Silvie Turner advertising her upcoming artists’ book show – which includes ‘Path’ by me. I’ve been so bogged down by preparing paintings for exhibiting during the past few weeks – […]

People really seem to be enjoying the two video posts. My favorite response on twitter was this one from Emily Speed: “@VanessaBartlett I’ll tell you what’s intimate: being in bed & holding phone up to my shortsighted face and watching […]

Holidays. Grrrrr. Most of London pretty much emptied out the past 2 weeks, aside from the bit around Westminster where the RW took place. A pity really, because Studio 75 mounted Prospero’s Library, quite an exceptional show of book art. […]

Artists don’t make work they create conversations. On Thursday last week I took part in an Aim Higher project Meet the Creator/Scientist where university students present their work to secondary school pupils at their school. I’ve worked in secondary schools, […]

‘Flood’ is almost ready to go now. The knitted piece that will clad the tree was supposed to be ready for a test installation today, but the bank holiday weekend and a problem with the knitting machine mean that Jane […]

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