Paper cuts My first week in the studio is spent sun-bleaching paper. My pickings from the tip include a stack of red printing paper, a roll of newsprint paper and several pieces of card. I am keen to explore paper […]
Running order for New Arrivals performance Dou Dou plays piano I will have lots of balloons attached to me Welcome people Ask people to burst a balloon When all the balloons are burst Dou Dou stops playing piano Sing Give […]
The crit on Friday was very successful for the stage we’re at right now. The statement covers all the main points (the blogger profile has helped a lot with this!) and now just needs refining…I’ll have to send it to […]
Well I knew I’d tweak it more! This time I think I might have finished it.
While I was painting Alan 1 and Alan 2, I was looking at a pose in which Alan was looking into the mirror. The mirror reflection was all blurred and Alan himself was sharp in detail on the photograph I […]
Went to an opening at Oldknows yesterday – “I can see your house from here”. An interesting show. I especially liked Yelena Povova’s small works based on Russian paintings. This morning was spent painting the Exhibition Space with a posse […]
As I plan for the exhibition the unexpected switch to oils has slowed my painting down. With acrylics I was able to put several layers on a painting in one day. With oil it is looking like one layer a […]
19th February 2010 Friday, 4am – Fire starts in offices at rear of Green Door Studios where I have studio space. It spreads into the studios and fire engines are called to Kendfal from across South Cumbria, an aerial crane […]
Sometimes its not about art at all! After 8-9 weeks into the school garden project and the goal posts are still moving. The location for the garden has been moved 4 times and now there is a 5th unexpected movement […]
19th February 2010 – 4am A fire starts in offices connected to the rear of the Green Door Studios. It spreads into the studio building and the upper floor is mostly burnt out. The remaining areas are affected by smoke, […]
The opening is tommorrow! It looks great and we’re both really excited to see the reaction! We had the Falkirk Herald in today for interviews too so look out for that. Photos of the install and of the opening very […]
19th Feb Jill rings me throughout the day. She is outside the building and talking to fire fighters and police and gleaning information. It’s thought to be arson. This emerges during the day as a window is found removed from […]
20th February I drive into Kendal and park up away from the blocked off area. Walking towards the studios along Highgate – it’s deserted – the high crane brought in from Barrow in Furness dominates the sky line. By now […]
Monday 22nd February Its been a manic weekend. Phone calls, emails have kept coming in. A press release has been written and put out to the media. We wanted people to know how the studio group has been affected because […]
27th February Its over a week since the fire. Life has been so busy as this emergency demanded space in what was already a busy time. We have held a Green Door network meeting to update people, seek their support […]
Mobile art I have been so busy with Forth Valley Open Studios that I have had little time to promote my exhibition. Fortunately the Press Officer, Frank Sullivan, for Stirling University Innovation Park produced an excellent press release which generated […]
Something very strange has happened… My younger sister gave me a great book for Christmas: “At work in Paris – Raymond Mason on Art and Artists”. I started reading it when I got here on the 1st Feb. As I […]
