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I was in a train crash yesterday at the front of the front carriage…everyone was shaken up and no one was hurt. The car the train ran over on the tracks at speed almost derailed the train. I’d spent 3 […]

Since August I have been struggling to develop an image that gives me the soft shapes of the lichen juxtaposed to the spindle straight tree trunks. After many variations on the computer I felt I had to move into the […]

Made a visit to Haden Hill House today, the first in a while. I informed Rachael I was paying a visit, she busy with schools at present. With such a misty, damp and dull day, she wondered what the house […]

It really saddened me yesterday to read that Artsmatrix has had to close down. I can’t emphasise enough how pivotal the organisation has been in enabling me to return to exibiting and working on a professional level. Over two years […]

Well the first job today is to Twitter my arrival on AN and then work out how to blog from my phone via WordPress, seems odd navigating keyboard on laptop to find a way of putting picture on my blog […]

The stronger tree shapes in this print led to conflict within myself because I wanted to show the dominance of the trees as I first saw them. However within minutes of being under the tree canopy I noticed the lattice […]

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The last few days have been very mixed. One of my dogs was put to sleep yesterday. She was 14. For such a long time I have been used to having her asleep under my desk or just outside the […]

Once in London, we rented a nice 2 bedroom flat in Herne Hill. You know, the type of Victorian conversion flats often described as ‘spacious’ by estate agents… I don’t know about ‘spacious’ but the place seemed big enough for […]

Art on the moveA press release about my IPhone pix for exhibition next week in Scion House, Stirling University Innovation Park has just been sent out by their PR Department. ( see my blog:www.annshaw.blogspot.com) I think it is appropriate that […]

*INFINITELY MORE MANAGEABLE INTERNSHIP THAN THE LAST POST OPPORTUNITY* 5 -7 hours a week over 6 months; that seems more like an actual voluntary post. Long time scale to get to know people and gain lots of experience, but you […]

I went along to Vyner Street in london tonight, i’d finished school for the day and i fancied gaining some inspiration to fuel ideas for projects. Wasn’t that impressed really. I hear alot about Vyner Street galleries being very hit […]

Joanne Mattera discusses the invisibility of artists in statistics and how they are missing from job list reporting about the recession.She says in her blog: “The number of bank tellers without employment is greater than the number of artists without […]

I’ve been working hard to get some print work done for this show. There’s 19 hanging spaces that would be wasted if I just put my 3D work up. I’ve made up some plates for printing and I’ve started working […]

The third years were giving power point presentations yesterday. I couldn’t stay for all of them because I an appointment but the ones I saw went really well. It felt strange being there but not participating.

It has been a long battle but now, thankfully, both my companion and myself seem to be out of danger. Barring another dreadful relapse we should soon be ready to resume our adventures. While bedridden I have been taking stock […]

Lifelines from February 17 to March 13 Salisbury Arst centre A few months on and the Limits of my project have proven endless; I am currently working on Lifelines, commissioned by the Kingfisher Writing in Health project, based at Salisbury […]

First impressions of Pietrasanta So, its Wednesday morning and I’ve finally had a chance to catch up on sleep and reflect on the last few days. Today is a festival – the patron saint of Pietrasanta – so the foundry […]

The Installation Space This is a 2 x 3 metre approx section of the 3D sculpture room, cornered off with a few boards. There are a few spotlights that some times work, and a white board where you can sign […]