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I have a new tactic. I am going to work out what I should be doing and do it. Not just do the nice stuff I want to do but do the jobs I have been avoiding first. I am […]

As an artist, you need to constantly be wary of the effects that side projects can have to your, shall we say, “main practice”. Over the summer I began to do something i’ve always wanted to do – fashion & […]

This is a very fast post. On Monday I have to post the final version of my AHRC application off to the London Consortium, for consideration for a grant. They pick one person from each year for said grant, so […]

In ancient Athens, the painter Zeuxis and his contemporary Parrhasius staged a contest to determine which of the two was the greater artist. When Zeuxis unveiled his painting of grapes, they appeared so luscious and inviting that birds flew down […]

While working on the photographs from Westgate Studios have been thinking about the impact might cameras have on our understandings and expectations. There are a prolific amount of images surrounding us, a constant kaleidoscope or slide show of images. Replicating […]

Queen Victoria got attacked by pigeons today. I will admit, this was partly my fault. It may, in fact, have been entirely my fault. There is also a slight possibility that I might have thrown a few chips in their […]

The weeks are moving at such a fast pace and so much is squeezed in that my blog is becoming long essays into my life. However , This is a good news blog! Core gallery got some funding from Fenton […]

Well I’ve had a very busy week. After a successful interview for a studio at S1 (see last blog) they offered me a studio (yay!) and I was really surprised how big and fantastic the studio was. As it was […]

Month 2 of residency completed and I continue to be frustrated by my progress – however, I’ve started doing some small maquettes and today I’m going to scale one up into a decent size maquette / small sculpture. When I […]

The good thing about a residency is leaving things behind. This is also the bad thing about a residency. In a way I feel as though I have brought with me, on this residency, material that I have, over the […]

It’s a curious thing to look at the contradictions in your own thinking. The last few conversations here with David Riley, Annabel Tilley, David Minton and others as well as the research I’m doing at the moment into the avant-garde […]

My proposal for project GROW YOUR OWN*BLOW YOUR OWN has been approved! ACE I love you!

Pictures at an exhibition. The final photographs were in fact a lot more complete than I imagined. Someone said that they thought they would be much nearer to background painting reference. People noticed small things happening within the images. I […]

I had a couple of brilliant tutorials today that really helped me to realise that the confusion I am feeling is because I am human; wiith all of the layers and complexities, which, inevitably, come through in making my work.It […]