There have been few very busy weeks. I was shortlisted and attended an interview in Bristol for permanent commission at St Bede’s Catholic College. Last Tuesday I had my first meeting and a site visit with the arts consultant shown […]
I’m decompressing slowly from my shows…and having withdrawal symptoms. sometimes i think i am addicted to my work and the deep sense of purpose it gives me. have been having strange dreams about The Gifts this week, with it sited […]
Apparently Southwell Artists have won a prize for our Big Draw event in October. It means a day out in London to collect the prize. The icing on the cake :)
Richard Taylor talks to an ex systems engineer during his final year of Fine Art Drawing at Swindon College School of Art.
The Beam Engine started yesterday at 11am to an audience of six. It got going seamlessly with grace, elegance and an almost silent whirr. The building filled with new smells, sounds and sights of coal and steam. Left alone with […]
THIS IS A WORKING TEXT (a text that may still need work) OR A TEXT THAT CAN NOW WORK FOR ITSELF… SUPERIMPOSITION Making and doing in at time of making-do. The film and accompanying photographs were taken during a time […]
At this stage we have just had feedback for our first module, which began in October. My feedback was good, which seems faintly miraculous, considering the massive build-up of stress that accompanied the dreaded Christmas Holidays (add your own appropriate […]
Latest Digest to be read in reverse Thursday, 11 February 2010 Lost post I spent twenty minutes writing a post about my visit to Islington Mill today. Just as I added the last picture the screen went blank. All was […]
Upcoming Supermarket Art Fair – StockholmMonday (1/2/2010): sent David and Lucy most of the new images and updates for my website, the only thing I didn’t send was a new ‘artist’s statement’. I was good to see what I’ve done […]
The last post I made, and peoples’ reactions to it, beg several questions. “Have I given up? Am I really in despair?”. “What does it mean to be in the ‘best 3%’ of artists?”. “Why do I want to be […]
How We Live began life as a small exhibition featuring the work of three artists whose work had co-incidentally found a natural confluence. As that exhibition draws to a close How We Live has become something more to all of […]
Well due to the moving housewhich happened at Christmas I have had no internet hence no blog so here’s the story so far. I ended last module with a black and white film of a collection of images around an […]
Writing about Becky Mills (she’s also my studio partner and a star to put up with my incessant doubts) I thought she deserved a mention….. As the days go by, the mundane to and fro journeys of this artist’s life […]
http://northumbriafineart2010.com/ For our online auction catalogue.
La Fusione Here are some shots of a bronze ‘pour’ – or as they say here (far more exciting) ‘La Fusione’. I took these shots earlier today. They were doing 2 large pieces that were buried in sand, and then […]
Meeting New Artists I have been introduced to some really interesting artists some have studios at 501 or in the local area others are here just for the New Year holidays. I met Zhou Yumei an installation and performance artist […]
standing in front of that age old sixty dark abyss Iam a marxist feminist. talk of the queers and fags but all i want to know is how to wear my handbag.
I’m having a frustrating time right now… I pretty much know what I want to present in June, and I’m aware the clock is ticking, but I’ve been unable to press on with the main part of my work, the […]
I’ve been vaguely contemplating how to engage with international artists and create collaborative projects, whether I need to apply for additional funding for that? I have contacts, but don’t know how I would initiate such a thing. However I have […]
I now have 5 large paintings on the go. I am trying to understand them, trying to figure out why I put certain things here and there. I’m becoming less and less interested in mark-making, and certainly don’t want to […]
Warning: The Tower is HauntedGhosts of the plantations and overseersloom and creak untilreplaced by Research Studios and the vision of Source ArtistsLifeno longer outsourced Birthed above shark infested watersTamed by the slyness of Red Riding Hood’s Wolfgnashing teeth swallowing greed […]
