The project has hit a minor slump recently as I am having major trouble posting to arts jobs, the free online listings of arts jobs and news. It would appear the website keeps logging me out. I have tried this […]
Week 1 – Part 1 A great lesson in letting go of expectations this week. I spent a lot of last week preparing myself on many levels for this weeks installing in Bristol. I worked on visualising how it would […]
Week 1 – Part 2 We have a great team of volunteers and tuned into the work already – I knew this immediately because when I was told about the non-appearance of the main frame and the main technician, Benoit, […]
Many years ago I visited St Marks in Venice; I was immediately struck by the atmosphere, it felt like the years or some remainder of them , hung in the air. Some kind of ethereal reminder of all the faithful […]
Inking up the plate is one of the most exciting parts for me about using printmaking to make work. on a relief plate, as the roller moves across it reveals dramatically the cuts and articulates the intended shapes for the […]
A train is coming under the bridge by St James Park in Exeter. St James Park is the home of Exeter City Football Club. I haven’t been but I like the noise, and other people’s excitement. And trying to read […]
i’ve been into the city centre again today to look at the shop and take some pictures of viewers of the work. i noticed the faster walking pace and less looking, even though there were considerably more people in the […]
Well so far I have continued to fill in the canvas. I have tweaked the eyes a bit more, as they were too green. He has a grey green blue colour, which I am finding hard to duplicate. The jacket […]
Ending with a bang or a whimper? I think the combination of closing the exhibition and the snow closing everything else, has caused me to run out of steam with the residency. I kept meaning to go in and had […]
I’m back….. I can’t believe its been so long, what with the dissertation, feasibility study, kiddliwinks starting nursery (a whole hour and a half to myself) and the snow…… it’s been a rollercoaster! The dissertation is going well, I’m halfway […]
FOUND THINGS I found and image the other day it was just a bit of pavement near the kid’s school, broken and mended and worn. The soft pale greys contrasting beautifully with the red of the left over grit. It […]
I’ve been meaning to write a post on this for a while, and now seems as good a time as any. Before Christmas I fortunate enough to tag along to Art Live in London. It was aimed at ‘A’ Level […]
We at first had to decide on who would be a chair person, and secretary for the group, to give the group some order and organisation. We then decided what needed to be done first, and who wanted to do […]
Well the Venue is confirmed, which is the NOVA’s the Deposit is paid and contract established. We need to establish what extra’s we want for the private viewings nibbles drinks etc and cost. The next thing to be done is […]
Core Gallery We had a second and fuller meeting about developing our studios into more of a gallery space/artists initiative…..as one of the newly set up Gallery Committee members there are lots of logistics and politics to get through. Our […]