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Some symbolic ornament from St George’s.

I have spent several days in limbo. Separated from my companion and my usual routine I have achieved very little. In my new largely sedentary lifestyle, I have however reacquainted myself with satellite TV and its frightening array of televisual […]

RESEARCH IMAGES OF WORKERS IN BOOKS & ARCHIVES – PART 2 Collective portraits I was particularly struck by the formal portraits of teams of workers – looking at their expressions, and the order of who stands where – does this […]

I’m sure this will seen rather fantastical, but less than a mile from my house on the edge of the village, down a secluded country lane, hidden from view and with only a small wooden sign pointing to the entrance […]

have spent five days in Pembrokshire supposedly relaxing prior to the big push before the degree show, spent most of the time feeling exhausted and worrying about a kiln I had fired on the Thursday before going away. It had […]

1. I’m in the house alone, every creak sounds like a stranger. 2. I’m wearing a broken ring, I don’t know where the stone has gone. 3. The television is on mute and i’m listening to my own soundtrack. 4. […]

After trying out the various sequences idea in my previous post, for the moment I’ve settled on concentrating on a dirty shelf in our living room. The various bits of paraphernalia that sat there for months have been removed, leaving […]

Took some better photos of the installed “Deposition”. During the Easter period, there did seem to be quite a number of people looking at the cast and writing in the thoughts/meditations book I had provided.The reality of it was both […]

St George’s Arts is based in an ancient, beautiful and curious church in Esher. It offers a residency inviting artists to respond to the building, its locality or history. I applied early this year and wrote in my proposal: ‘I […]

Thinking and doing, (and rambling) The doing has been side lined a little lately due to illness and Easter holidays. This however means the thinking about the doing has stepped up a bit and I am not sure if this […]

As I work on the series, the images are strange yet at the same time familiar…ordinary things are juxtaposed and transformed into the extraordinary. The hand-drawn elements are a vital means of expression…simple and direct; the grids evoke a sense […]

Loads of artists live here in Wivenhoe. I walk the dog along the estuary most days, often with an artist friend, and generally bump into another one or two. One friend maintains that ‘when artists get together, all they talk […]

I regularly engage in dialogue with myself about my work, like most artists I’m sure; dialogue with material, object, concept, place; and dialogue with audiences through showing work in exhibitions. I worked on a collaborative project in 2008 that was […]

I’m sitting here in the bitter cold & pouring rain, hoping that the weather will have improved by the time I have to start travelling to the Medical School at the end of the month. I have not been into […]

out of relaxed long weekend and into another week. slight concern that actually there’s not many more to go. application, calm, focus…this is possible. utilising all the space i can access, i achieved that which i felt would be one […]

I have now had 3 night walking expeditions and so far they have not been a massive success but still, it has been interesting in ways unexpected. Some observations made so far; 1. people never seem to sleep, there is […]

Delivered work for the “At Play 2” exhibition at Bracknell today. It was so tight in the car that I couldn’t use bubble-wrap. An old sheet protected the paintings and i felt a bit embarassed handing them over. I’ve made […]

I haven’t managed to spend much time in the studios and I feel lost because of it. Going home for a week was probably not the most sensible idea, but I am going to spend the rest of this week […]

1. Now you know where I live, 2. I don’t know if I should have told you that.

Pride comes before a fall. I confess to being too smug about my recent discipline in the studio. Today it started to unravel. I could have gone but instead I went charity shopping in Wilmslow! I didn’t even find anything […]

Unfortunately, on this occasion. Dear Rob, Thank you for your interest in our commission but: I am sorry to write with disappointing news, but we received a large volume of very high standard submissions, Whilst we were impressed with your […]

Sat through a symposium this week, 4 site and archive 2nd yr MA students giving talks about their practice and their projects. It was really interesting, not least because it gave me an insight into what I’ll need to do […]

Well – I am not 56 and a half anymore! Interesting thing about the internet of course is that out there in the ether I shall be 56 and a half for ever. Maybe I am on to something here…….digital […]

What’s new in the park? Not a lot, it’s been a while since I have paid a visit. However…in the background, lots of things have been happening. Emma Kemp has submitted her design for the trail, it sounds fantastic. An […]