Far too much time has passed while I have procrastinated about continuing this blog. All was going well then there was an unexpected exhibition opportunity, which took up a few weeks, work and lots of other stuff that needed to […]
OK! So i’m still awake and working at 2.35am in the morning. What am i doing? Replying to emails, getting ideas for new work from BBC News24 and starting this new blog.
Just beginning to get back to doing some of my own work – have discovered two new pieces of drawing software- Brushes for Ipad and Melodala- creating images with a soundtrack. Glasgow Print Studio have sent members a questionnaire and […]
I have to admit that I’ve not been at the quarry apart from to meet the team who work there. I find these meet and greet things daunting. One thing that struck me though was that I was some how […]
Fraught time trying to pull everything together for final show. Predictably plans change at the last minute having spent so long working through ideas.I suppose that’s positive though? As long as the new idea is better than the old one… […]
80/20 It appears all over the place this 80/20 rule, 80 % of your returns from 20% of your efforts. Within engineering this translates into ‘making a small change which will have the biggest impact’ so change 20% of your […]
A fascinating R4 doc about solitude…. Creativity demands it…..for you to enjoy http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t333g/Some…
Upon your departure yellowing the search For one moment in time, as the colour of each awning matches a different part of another knight’s crest, two definitions coincide. “Our awning never did fit properly. It was toilsome in construction and […]
Started to use my new twitter account today www.twitter.com/unluckybearuk for my new venture – Unlucky Bear Art & Design Collective. Also been thinking about the new studio build in the woods. This will be entertaining, demanding and draining. Hopefully it […]
I work in the studio on Mondays. It is my day for art and I am available to no one. This is what I was thinking about on Monday as I worked on new work. I returned to my childhood […]
W A R N I N G: RANT ALERT! RANT ALERT! RANT ALERT! (entitled) “I HATE PAINTING” I can’t believe it’s taken me this many years to come to terms with the fact that I actually HATE painting. I only […]
W A R N I N G COMPULSIVE CONFESSIONAL “OVER-SHARE” ALERT! I got so frustrated with a painting yesterday that I completely trashed it in a fit of pique. I was having problems with a particular part of a particular […]
I’ve got some time in Scotland soon. I’m hoping to get some perspective on things as well as create. I’ve got a new sketchbook for the occasion. I love starting a new sketchbook. Maybe it’s something that’s stayed with me […]
Everyday working life of a freelance artist / designer.
Malt Cross Gallery, Nottingham
6 – 20 June 2010
Northampton Market Square, Northampton
23 July – 1 August 2010
