The last week has been taken up with the install and opening of The Bibliomancer's Dream at the South Bank Centre. I had an intense time sorting through the boxes of 6000 donated books, rather like Christmas with a few […]
Abuja Jacob and Adele drive us back to Abuja, it’s a long journey at least 3 and a half hours one way, I haven’t been able to speak to Carol at the British High Commission directly and signal is very […]
It is incredibly hot in Abuja, even warmer than where we were. Carol takes us to the Hilton where they have a B.A desk so we can re-arrange our flights, luckily we are driven round there as it would be […]
feel I should try to say something about the last few days. I feel like I am on waltzer 24hours a day, everything is streaming together, in a jerky, not-relaxing kind of way. Overall I am happy this morning, having […]
We have been busy sending prints to the Graphic Studio for their show in March/April, and sending CDs of images to Veronica in Australia for selection for their show…(the deadline has been brought forward to Feb. 24th). Veronica has been […]
Our most frequent walk is the one along the sea front. For the whole of this walk the wind farm is visable 5 or something miles out to sea. I see it every day and it makes you wonder about […]
I'm beginning to try and 'see' the photographs I take with the same eye as when I make drawings. I am attracted to things that are hidden, half seen, poorly remembered.
It has been a difficult two weeks due to an operation underneath my right foot so getting about has been painful and tiring. on the mend now though. I’ve started to think about using paper lithograph in my core work. […]
Trying to get everyone together is quite a task. Everyone is busy all the time, myself included. Friday evening I got a big piece of cheese and some bread and set up a laptop with the photos taken by Shaw&Shaw […]
The interview itself went well enough, i had a good feeling and had really enjoyed myself. I arrived to the interview about 40 mins earlier than my time slot, so i sat and had a couple of teas and chatted […]
Alison and I are about start working on joint prints. Brunei has become our focus place. Al these are the photographs of the Chinese temple.
Though the world seems to stop for others at half-term no such luck. The dissertation weighs heavily and the constant pressure to complete the next unit is always there. The painting has now started and the banners are ordered. I […]
Two strange happenings in the studio: The first I need some help with is that the saline sulphate solution jellyfied, now why would that happen? It was 50/50 mix of 1kilo each salt and copper sulphate diluted with 7 litres […]
Three of my friends dragged me out of my pit last night to go and see a drawing show in London. A sort of invitational melange at Crimestown called Drawing with Dolphins curated by Marcus Cope and Stephanie Moran. It […]
This month seems to have been one of significant revelations, both in my practice and my career path. Spending a lot of time preparing for various interviews (of which none were successful!) has made me consider that perhaps I'm not […]
What a week, things have been so busy on all fronts I am so pleased it is Friday! I took my work for the exhibition down to the White Gallery in the village last night so it can be taken […]
It has slowly been filtering into my mind that I should be more disciplined in my approach to life and in particular my art practice. Making decisions driven by research interests and artistic integrity seem so difficult to make sometimes […]