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A police patrol car stopped today and asked me what I was doing – I had been picked up on the CCTV cameras along the road. I told them, and still rather unconvinced the two policemen went across to the […]

TRYING THINGS OUT Made great progress yesterday. All the wall-hung work is up so now plenty of time to try things out and titivate. Still got my fold-out books to finish. They’re printed and folded but I need to finish […]

Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy was an experience. I was probably in a room of full of important people, but the only one I recognised was Grayson Perry. With over 11,000 entries approx 500 were hung. Another 500 pieces […]

I’ve been drawing handles. They’re for AS HANDLE, one of the five booklets I’m working on. I’ve been making handles and holders since 2008, but until now they’ve been objects rather than drawings. Photographs of my three-dimensional handles won’t work […]

I’m going to be doing something exciting on my website from 1st July! If you’re an artist who is a little embarrassed about the standard of their drawing skills, or someone who just wants to learn or grow, you might […]

6-7 April 2010 Some time in March I was given a beautiful Kingfisher by Lucy Strachan. She found the little fellow on the grounds walking through the forest. Because of its beauty and being so small I was very worried […]

21 April Day of presentation of my initial proposal to St Bede’s College staff, Skanska staff, Batterham Matthews architect and Art and Sacred Places. Everyone loved the proposal and my design and I was given the go ahead to proceed […]

6 May I had my interview for the Southgate commission in Bath. I worked very hard to achieve the design I had imagined for this project. I gave them a concept that could be done in different materials. I worked […]

11 May I met with Verity Slater to discuss and follow up on how my R&D is going. Verity was so helpful as always and gave me the support. We discussed what I have done so far and the next […]

14 May I have been searching and looking to create contacts with different Roma communities on the South East Coast. Through recommendation by Daniel Baker I contacted Camilla Palestra at the London College of Fashion and Prof. Thomas A. Acton […]

14 May On the same day I met another artist, recommended by Prof. Thomas Acton, Eva Sajovic originally from Slovenia but living and working in the UK for many years now. Eva is a photographer and curator and has worked […]

17th of May Creative Conditions: Mapping Artist Resources in the South East. Towner Gallery, Eastbourne. I was invited as AIR representative to take part in a conference at the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne. ‘Creative Conditions’ was initiated by Turning […]

19th of May ArtSway Associates meeting with DACS The majority of the meeting was centred around a discussion on the potential of a partnership between ArtSway, the ArtSway Associates and DACS, and the potential for a digital platform for the […]

24th of May Organised by friends of le Monde Diplomatique, At The Gallery, in Farringdon, London I went to a film event ‘Mundi Romani: the World of the Roma’ As a people and as a culture, the Roma have been […]

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 […]