i’ve enjoyed myself this morning, chatting with mr gilbert. made a little mistake in not eating enough prior to the afternoon meeting. not eating affects my mood rather. something i am aware of and something of a project yet to […]
This stem of blogging can also be read here – ArtEvict – hidden space and revealing performance I was contacted on here from someone in an office on Buchanan Street – or somewhere close to thereabouts. In fact the whereabouts […]
What a difference the weather makes to the human condition… last week I managed to get back into my studio (a.k.a. the garden shed) for the first time in I-don’t-know-how-long, dodging the awakening queen wasps and actually making a start […]
Only 3 weeks to go! Slight panic and a desire to spend 24 hours a day in the foundry have set in, as I realise that I only have 3 more weeks till the end of my residency. However, I […]
Airspace Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
13 February – 27 March 2010
Thankfully there was no train strike, and our holiday arrangements went ahead as planned. Better still, Albert Cottage Hotel in East Cowes is nothing like Fawlty Towers, former Royal residence to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, we enjoyed a lavish […]
Decided to take a short break – a few days in Cornwall. Partly because I’ve been working hard and needed a break, and partly enforced as the college was closed over the easter bank holidays and rail strikes were threatened. […]
Recent sketches and studies.
Our new timetable has been published on our college site and there’s a couple of tutorials coming up, it will be good to chat through my progress so far and discuss the idea I have for a sound piece to […]
Art is the medium of human thought, it captures thought and brings it into the reflective realm of art and observation.
I visited the Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition at the Burton Art Gallery in Bideford on friday. It was an interesting experience, which made me acknowlege the importance of drawing in my own practice. This prize shows the huge diversity in […]
About 18 months ago I was invited to exhibit at the Millgate Museum in Newark. I accepted… and then was told it would cost £70. Mmm. I reluctantly coughed up the money thinking it would be worth it for the […]
A busy week, hard to catch my breath or think beyond the task in hand. There were some visitors in the studio and I was sad that I didn’t have more to show but having to talk more in lieu […]
I was just alerted to a wonderful series of photographs by Irving Penn called ‘Small Trades’, which were on show at the Getty Centre, New York, January this year. I really like the performative in these images, the way their […]
