Best laid plans got scuppered due to vile illness , been off work and off working for this project all week. I officially hate being ill. I do not do it well, my creative thinking vanished! In the midst of […]
If in doubt do it bigger. I was totally down about things earlier this week, a lot of the time I just feel spread too thin. So despondent I walked to yoga class thinking I must just give up, let […]
I continue to read the interview with Boltanski and I’ve made a list of artists to research. I’ve also contacted Paul Lipscombe about the photography project. Right now I am trying to write about the live art project and seeing […]
Yesterday was the official opening of the exhibition at the SPARC centre Gallery in Bishops Castle. A steady flow of visitors of all ages came and saw the exhibition, made a postcard & ate cake. The exhibition will be up […]
It feels like I’ve not blogged for ages. Maybe I’ve not had anything interesting to say. I’ve been sourcing items to potentially use within my work, although I’m not sure if I will use the actual objects, or rather drawings […]
Although the PV was meant to start at 20.00 last night, people started to arrive just after 19.00. The first guests therefore, had to help us put up the labels. Considering it was sub zero temperatures and no one knew […]
The Sporting League: Game 11 Bayerns stunned Yop Lane with a late strike to win by a goal to nil. The Yop Lane no 3 player was far from impressed..’ I can’t believe it, there were only a few seconds […]
Another busy day at Northern Print. I was working with some copper plates that I had etched using a soft ground. Tried some Spit Bite but didn’t get anything stronger so I applied hard ground and line etch and then […]
‘It seems to me that there’s no real change in art, in the subjects, which remain the same. There’s no change in the way of looking. There’s no change in the purpose of art which is to create emotions and […]
continued from post 58 Also I like that it might just continue as a word of mouth project and that people will pass on a message to different people and that it will become whatever it wants to become, and […]
Wimbledon college of Art (Ba)Hons: Fine Art: Painting
I intend to use this blog to document my work in and out of the studio.
So the KLM/Air France plot thickens! I forgot to mention that when I was in Guangzhou last week I met a man working for KLM at a drinks reception in the Dutch consulate. He was quite an affable sort of […]
Been working on Collages in response to a rural area in South Lanarkshire. This project developed a way of working with other artists in a exquisite corpse style. More info: http://www.publicartscotland.com/events/daer-reservoir-satellite This work inspired me in relation to the way […]
The first show of 2011 will open this weekend in the Exhibition Space. New work by ARTOPEN (LITE) previews on Sunday 13th March from 2.00 – 4.00pm and continues until April 3rd. I’m looking forward to seeing the space transformed […]
