So, it’s been a fantastic weekend, but not much work or thinking has happened. It was a friends 30th birthday and she hired out a haunted-house-style, 4 or 5 storey mansion that slept something like 17 people! It was awesome […]
Also, just like to say thankyou for the comments a few people have posted, they are most appreciated. I can’t quite figure out just yet how to reply to anyone, but when I do, I will….
Leopold Blaschka and son Rudolph Blaschka made 847 life-size glass plants for Harvard University, where they remain. More lifelike and more painstaking than a Dutch still life, these glass botanical specimens feature decaying leaves and decaying blossoms, visiting bees and […]
Coincidences I have recently been struck by the power of coincidence. Last night my companion and I watched “Dracula AD 1972” with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing rerere-reprising their roles with flared accomplices. Dracula’s hip apprentice was cunningly named Jimmy […]
Bread from Starter Culture: Mark II Katy’s first attempt at making bread..it seemed to have a life of its own..
Home Delivery: a performance On saturday 7th November, we carried out our performance “Borscht and Black Bread” for Artwash The performance took place at the home of Barry Reeves, and we read extracts from our ongoing correspondance about the project, […]
Yesterday – Nottingham Topshop – well Topshops – there are several – I did three including one in Debenhams – 4 items put in the Victoria Centre, 3 in the Broadmarsh and three in Debenhams. Not stopped once which is […]
What another busy week I’ve just had. Made lots of decisions about my work and started some new paintings. Intend six at present, two groups of three – people I know and people I don’t know. I had a good […]
I am beginning to send out my ‘pigeon post’ postcards (aka ‘billing and cooing’). These cards will be a part of the exhibition at NSCAD University but will also be part of other shows – in particular Mailbox 141 in […]
I might as well add another post while I can! It is a lovely warm late Spring day here in Melbourne (the heat is early this year) and I anticipate the cold winter of Halifax with some trepidation… During Xmas […]
Hello Sorry for the late bulletin this week, we wanted the new issue out before we did it but the printer has been playing us up so it looks like a Wednesday release now but it’s a good one, if […]
This picture has been designed to decorate the Dining Room in a private house in Forrest Gate, East London. The house itself is a clear manifestation of the taste of its owner, a devoted admirer of the Arts & Crafts […]
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 Arrived in Amsterdam last night. The crossing was calm and largely uneventful except for one point when one of our party slipped on deck. He contrived to land full on his face fetching himself such a […]
Thursday, 12 November 2009 Chrysalis My dear companion has developed a fascination for carnivorous plants. While walking through the Bloemgarten she told me a Venus flytrap was on her Christmas list for five years but it never arrived. I had […]
I have tried three times to write a supporting statement for an application to a well –known artists’ site. Writing such a statement is extremely difficult, as others have attested to. The site recommends the reading of some exemplar statements. […]
I haven’t been here for a few days or so but it’s because I’ve been working. I got my third project a few weeks ago and have been systematically working through the brief to the finish product ( well nearly […]
If there’s one thing I hate about this blog it’s when my husband reads it over my shoulder. He got a real chuckle over the line ‘art has consumed me from the word go’ in a previous post, dancing round […]
As a young contemporary painter based in Nottingham, two years out of University I never imagined that I would be in the position of putting a solo show together. Funded by the Arts council, Derby City Council and support from […]
Book Review, Book Review
15 November 2009
