An artist friend came to see the project in progress the other day, we had a good conversation about where the emotion in the painting came through in the technique, I had been working on the idea of autumn leaves […]
It’s never good to start a blog entry with 10 minutes to go till school pick up but here goes with an attempt to fill in the gaps on my last day in Glasgow. This turned out to be Edinburgh […]
ART: Have committed to drawing for 30 minutes per day in an attempt to refresh my skills in this area. I hope this time I can keep it up! I’ve been shading recently. Will try and post some examples and […]
3D Project Presentation – On Display 1 I found this already build cabinet and loved the space. It reminded me of a house/ a home. This as a concept is an obsession with me. Having such a mixed background – […]
3D Project Presentation – On Display – 2 There are number of different objects and articles ‘on display’ which are related to or represent my personalities, characters and identities. Some you can clearly see through the windows, some are hidden. […]
3D Project Presentation – On Display 3 For this project I was influenced by the work of Sophie Calle, especially her The Birthday Ceremony Calle is fascinated by the interface between our public lives and our private selves. Calle is […]
This afternoon I drew the tip of my pencil with itself and the nib of my biro with itself. I drew them in my line drawing book, which makes them the first traditionally representational drawings on its pages. They continue […]
Project Brief – 3 – Outside In For a number of weeks we were asked to explore the self, in particular our personality. The intention was to select small objects which would abstractly reflect the true self. With this in […]
When I was growing up in Liverpool in the 60’s, my mother had a lot of sayings. A favourite saying of hers was ‘it would be lovely with an onion’. That just meant that it was so gorgeous she could […]
The short cut…..or maybe not. An eventful dog walk which started by going down onto the beach at Reculver. Its the stone horse beach where the animals are created and Cosmo has just legged it up from the beach to […]
Things have moved on since since winding up my last blog “After Rites”. Some good things have happened, and some bad things, but I’m now getting some creative ideas and direction, enjoying a time of inspiration that I will soon […]
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
10 – 14 November 2009
Another slightly out of date post, written on the 1st Dec. For the first time I was free from cleaning up a messy kitchen and had the time in my hotel room to watch the Satchi reality show. The much […]
A line drawn from paper to pencil makes a dot. It’s a dot upwards through space that begins on the paper and travels to the tip of the pencil, but because paper and pencil meet so closely, the upwards projection […]
Bleaberry tarn, Buttermere 1st December After a considerable gap we are underway again – but it’s necessary to adjust to a new situation. Health problems have beset both of us but for me it means I won’t be able to […]
Game 17: News in brief… The Bayerns no 1 player has officially left the club after a major falling out with the chairman. Details about the reasons are sketchy at the moment but it is believed that a culture of […]
Fraction opened with aplomb and the exhibition is very strong. Talking to my fellow studio artists they say that Elizabeth , my studio mate and I who are amongst the new arrivals here have been told that we have come […]
The Devil’s Coat Tails Regarding the painting of my boards I have had many suggestions from so many interested parties, including the use of arcane brushes, mixing fairy liquid with gouache, spraying, rollering and scraping. Some have found fault with […]
The Blender Finally! I have a surface to draw on. All thanks to a fan shaped brush. Yesterday I took the phantom for a guided tour of the art suppliers of Ipswich in search of the mysterious blending brush a […]
