25th of May I got onto the Eurostar and when to Paris for 5 days. I have been invited for a long time now to visit a school friend Vane, who is a diplomat at the Embassy of Macedonia in […]
It’s been a while. So I thought I’d catch up with my thoughts and make a post. I’ve been beavering away on a number of things over the last month. My work has seemed to go in some kind of […]
30-31 May It has been a year exactly and I when back to Gloucester to visit the Cathedral and the plantation in the Garth. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much the project has grown, all the trees and […]
Dear Painting, There is something I need to tell you, I can’t hold back anymore; I need to be honest with you and myself. I can’t see you anymore. When we first met, it was love at first sight. I […]
The new studio and car in between The car was as yellow as several hundred spines of national geographics stacked together high upon a shelf; it was ready to take us to the places its pages would depict. We had […]
Tuesday, 8 June 2010Email received late Monday evening: “Hi AlexWe will need DVD’s of your work. At the moment we only have a Showreel which was great for showing to the British Legion but we need: Caller (sic) on two […]
It would appear there is an underlying challenge to this project which evolves around time and capacity. I am ridiculously busy with other freelance work at the moment so am getting slightly behind in the challenges, I think the set […]
I have a working week at the moment, which is odd, and making me a little annoyed (I want my autonomy back now please), but having work and a little planning ahead are also things to be grateful for, I […]
BUBBLE WRAP, BOXES AND B&B Oh the joys of B&B! I could happily live this life for a bit longer. Friendly little B&B, no-one to think about except me. TV, internet, books, bed and a cooked breakfast. Will start hanging […]
I went to a meeting last night which was organised by someone from firstsite (visual arts organisation). The aim of the meeting was to keep artists up-to-date with their plans for developing their artists’ support programme, and to invite comments […]
I found some old photographs over the weekend from past journeys I had taken and have decided to exhibit some in the exhibition, they were used as painting reference at the time and as the concept of the exhibition partly […]
This is my new book piece/ magazine, ‘A Visit To an Art School.’ It is a collection of current photos of the students and work spaces at Manchester School of Art along with some found images and some archive photographs. […]
I have been trying to clamber atop the mountain of paperwork as I mentioned, my to do list however has gotten out of control and its looking like I may never paint again! On the other hand I have worked […]
“… it was a bank holiday so we decided to escape the city and soft-top convertible our way towards a new studio. As summer was beginning to find its place upon the banks of the loch we took a minor […]
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
20 March – 3 July 2010
