I love my course, in theory anyway. A huge studio, all the time in the world; if only I could stop standing in my own way I’d be one of the most fulfilled people in the world. Unfortunately time and […]
Things have been a bit quiet on the Pigeon Hole front after Christmas. Clare McFarlane's Pigeon Story was taken out of the window ready for the next show at the beginning of January. Unfortunately the next artist due to put […]
Only seven days till I have another big assessment and then the final push ready for the final show. It is really useful to blog since it gets the thoughs out of your system, out of the darkness even though […]
I cannot believe that the Bibliomancer's Dream is going to be over within a week. It has been a whirlwind, the constant events of the Imagine festival and the half term week saw it lovingly mobbed by children and adults […]
BA Fine Art
I stopped making my own Chinese characters because they felt too contrived. I had a lot of ideas and needed to start to focus. The first image shows at a key stage in the development of my work using words. […]
Jinse Gallery is situated at Chaotianmen Square at the east end of the peninsula, Chaotianmen Square, where the Jialing river meets the Yangtze river. A Large modern commerial gallery supported without finanical aid from the government, and the only one […]
Eling Park Eling Park is an idyllic way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Situated on top of a hill about an hours walk uphill from the light-rail station, Li Zi Ba. From this height one gets an impression of the […]
So this is my first post in Tether's Project Blog. There is a lot going on with our organisation at the moment, and it's hard to know where to start. Currently we are working towards our first season of Arts […]
Part ii: Personally I am working a great deal on a Tether supported project that I am co-curating. The show, entitled 'Fictions' present works inspired by or exploring ideas related to the writings of Jorge Luis Borges. The exhibition opens […]
Hi Veronica these are the images all named impression, if you can email me with the number of the one that was selected I can get back to you with the size and story etcetera.
Alot of my work is about my intimate environment and relates to personal narrative. Sometimes I like to make paired drawings, the second acting as a kind of correction. When finished though it doesn't matter which was first and which […]
The Inside Out May 2009 exhibition will inherit two works from Inside Out May 2008, that are still on display. Both are by Tim Pugh. Tim chose a large smooth beech tree on which he designed "Llanarmon Beechburst" using charcoal. […]
I have had a particular painting I have been working on for about four weeks. I have to add to it and then put it away as it is pulling me into a an uncomfortable dark place. I have picked […]
ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR TEMPORARY ART SHOW (part 1) Rachael Allen "A bittersweet life.A one-way journey.Are you travelling comfortably? Miniature model-making provides a stage for the exploration of mortal existence, where the fine-line separating birth and death highlights our vulnerable condition […]
Today was meant to be a productive day, instead it has ended up being a tidying day instead (which i suppose is still productive). I always find that when I am going to get down to some critical and analytical […]
ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR TEMPORARY ART SHOW (part 2) Julia Douglas "Julia Douglas is an award winning visual artist based in Scotland. She ponders the relationship people have with the objects they put in their home and aims to tell a […]
ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR TEMPORARY ART SHOW (part 3) Milk, Two Sugars "In a world of increasing mediocrity and as an antidote to the culture of manufactured individuality we offer the world the only viable alternative, "Milk, Two Sugars". Milk, Two […]
Playing the waiting game. I have written and e-mailed many people inviting them to be in my work, an interview about their experiences of the sublime from a very human, rather than theoretical or theological, perspective. I want to create […]
Published in 2009 by the DCMS, this is the companion document to the “A Passion for Excellence” Strategy. It reviews the impact of the strategy one year on.
