8 days and counting . . . Thursday; where did all those other days go to? I am now surrounded by books, paper, post-it notes – over 20 of them attached to various surfaces around my desk – and all […]
I cant believe it was a month ago I started this blog as an adjunct to my daily painting project http://danyoungdaily.blogspot.com/ . Apologies for leaving you all hanging like that. Painting a complete painting every day is fast becoming secong […]
One thing I've noticed is that the yarn isn't as worn at either end as it is in the middle – over the first 3 or 4 rows it's still quite soft and springy, it's only around row 8 that […]
yey, the etching is in. relief and a dance round the roof with my1styrhelper, who has been sooo helpful, its good to have someone reliable and supportive at this point, especially when the 3rdyrfriends are so busy concentrating on our […]
So what now, I, as usual have work I want to do lined up and work I seemed to start ages ago to finish. I am not sure if I want to finish them now I have the inclinations to […]
The past week has flown by – clearing studios, trying to ensure that things required for show setup will be in place (electric sockets functional, scaffolding booked etc etc) and of course veiled threats to the second years who were […]
Update on the Birmingham/Bordeaux exchange I am involved in. The idea for this exchange show came out from conversations I had with Joss Burke -an artist formally based in Birmingham, but now living and working in the Bordeaux area. From […]
It's been a very hard week, workshops every day at the Tate and I have a very sore throat and closing eyelids. However, tomorrow is a day for getting all my cataloguing hours done before the end of the month […]
Mints palace lock of hair, squeak, armlock, emperor monkey, talon, skin
written on 26 may 2009once again my boots come off. it’s the little things for me. i’ve responded to the opportunity set for me over the weekend. the lines are indeed parallel again and several coats further applied. i feel […]
I haven't yet decided what happens with this piece at the end of the month – should I unravel it finally and leave just the crinkled yarn as the trace, or keep it in its final knitted form? At the […]
I am a painter, I am based in London. I graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005. I have exhibited quite a bit since graduating and it has been quite an education. I show with galleries as well […]
Last weekend I did my first Artist's Market. I was hoping to make enough profit to at least break even, but that hasn't happened, nor did I gain any commissions for Lady of Shalott dolls, so it was a financial […]
Good Afternoon, Its wednesday and its raining, hopefully by this time on Sunday the sun will be out and I will have walked under the curve of the M25 and out into the Kent countryside in time to find a […]
Deadline is looming and the nightmares have begun. Last night's nightmare was, I got to the Williamson Gallery and there wasn't a single space for me to hang my paintings! I must pull myself together. My worries are mainly that […]
Just been reading J.J. Charlesworth's article on sustainability in May's Art Review. The text suggests a misconception of the positive effects of the current recession, and in particular the 'crisis breads creativity' attitude that many artists tend to adopt. Operating […]
I just didn't really see it coming – which was stupid of me, I guess. Now and then I surprise myself by my foolishness. I got rejected, nothing new really and not even a good reason to go to bed […]
I gave some further thought to the MA situation, kind of encouraged by Clare Smiths MA at Central St Martins, which only requires two evenings in London a week. The validity, necessity and quality of these courses has been debated […]
So, I am in the middle of about 3 or 4 paintings. I like to work on them in Tandem. I have, as mentioned moved into oils. I realise they are my obsessions, I drift off to them when I […]
Today, at lunchtime, a small group of us had our first meeting in relation to the exhibition "WET" at the STEW Gallery in Norwich towards the end of June. It was decided that "WET" would be the title of the […]
