No more panic paintings…honest This year so far the paintings left unfinished or turned to the wall as result of failure or not knowing how to continue are staking up. On the up side I like painting over paintings I […]
My intention for starting this blog is to keep a record of my practice in the run-up to my final exhibition. I hope to reflect on my working practices and methodology with particular emphasis on creative problem solving. Comments are […]
AIR responds to Arts Council England NPO settlement
Visual Art and Professional Practice B.A. at University Centre Folkestone which is part of Canterbury Christchurch. We are a new campus based in the Creative Quarter in Folkestone. My course is a practical one with a History, theory and context […]
The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
4 February – 3 April 2011
The Women’s Library, London
26 October 2010 – 20 April 2011
Art is difficult Many of us struggle everyday with the difficulty of making work and the pertinent questions that often emerge afterwards like: But is it art? [and is it any good?] “Art really is something very difficult. It is […]
In March Dialogue went to Oxford Brookes University. It was a different type of space than the Halle -and in fact it was on two foyer spaces of the Fine Art Building. We all had take into account the challenges […]
I have contacted a dozen artists on the waiting list (going back to 2008) to see if they are still interested in a space. As you might expect lives have changed, people have moved on – one to London another […]
A lot of bad news this week for the arts but despite all that I managed to get an interview for some freelance work with a local arts organisation. I’m still reading the interview with Christian Boltanski. Luc has now […]
i’ve also seen a couple of art works in Vyner street lately that have stuck in my mind. I discovered Richard Moon at Madder gallery. He makes work which appears narrative but explains nothing (his words not mine). i loved […]
Last night I hosted an “English Salon” where I introduced a theme from my work, performed a short excerpt then we had a proper game of true and false stories. It was quite fun to be host for the evening, […]
It takes everything in me to do it but I have started filling out a new gfa application. It seems rather remote from my experience here and hard to focus upon as it somehow requires a shift of thinking. I […]
I’ve just sent off the final papers for the NAN bursary report and it was only then I realised that I’d missed things out. Damn! You think you’ve covered everything and then as soon as you press the send button […]
Started clearing out what will be the kitchen space today. Filling holes, painting, then building new shelves & cupboards etc.
At the start of the month I went to visit a very old, very dear friend in another city. He’s a little younger than I, just about to graduate from art school and step out into the world for the […]
Text from Leo Fitzmaurice exhibition at Standpoint, installed on four pieces of A4 paper. The car I am in is travelling fast in heavy rain – any more rain it seems and the air would become water. The car passes […]
Leo finishes residency at Standpoint Leo Fitzmaurice began his residency on 21st February 2011, living at Vulpes Vulpes (http://www.vulpesvulpes.org/) for the duation of the residency. Leo began work straight away in the studio, using the archive of imagery taken on […]
Forth Valley Open Studios – yes we are all set for another big event this June. Our brochure is with Edinburgh designer Rosy Naylor and we expect it be able to have the rough proofs to go online early next […]
