Page 1953 – a-n The Artists Information Company

The whole south of China has been experiencing a cold snap for at least the past week. There were reports on the news about how it has even made keeping some schools open very difficult. I have found myself eyeing […]

Susan’s comment is spot on. Thinking about this afterwards, there are a few other prerequisites I could have added: resourcefulness, adaptability, and a sense of the possible.

Forth Valley Open Studios Last Saturday we held our first agm in the Smith museum and gallery in Stirling and we had a good response from the public. A year ago Forth Valley Open Studios was just a bright idea […]

Neg1 Part 1 Here’s a quick look at what the other guys have been up to for Negotiated Study 1, no details, just an overview to give a flavour. Pressure has been telling and for some the work/life juggle has […]

Neg1 part2 Here are some more views of what the other guys have been up to for the Neg1 assessments.

Back to uni today- assessment presentations. But not for me I was observing and then doing my utmost to get some money for food. First off was a year 2 part time student (me this time next year) researching skin. […]

I can’t think of any other profession that requires quite such a wide range of abilities and skills: an artist needs more than just their talent: we need to be adept at marketing, financial management, and at least some ability […]

Finally I have taken the plunge to ‘go frameless’ and it seems to work well in my current show, ‘The Vivid Gaze’. The exhibition is actually in a bistro, not a gallery; I’ve never shown work in this type of […]

I’ll start with corrections. Apparently there is a jogging scene here, it just takes place at different hours. I have a luxury morning schedule and can go running at 9AM when most people are working, that is why I never […]

Flights to Tromso are now booked – yeah! Took a lot of searching and got an awful lot of advice to find the cheapest… but found something in the end – even though it involves a bit of a trek […]

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The screen print I’m working on has taken me into a new avenue within my work. The print (which can be seen in my previous entry) is a net shape of a pyramid or prism, which If cut out and […]