I have been very busy today shadowing the gallery curator of Hereford City Art Gallery helping to put up an exhibition. It is fascinating how much effort goes into making an exhibition flow and the hanging heights of the exhibits. […]
FRIDAY It's been a black bird day. Sewing, stuffing, hanging. I brought 4 bags of meadow hay back from my lunchtime outing. Getting the bird to stand up took all our ingenuity. There she stands with her shining eye. The […]
I have to depict the history of a town. This was my proposal and it was accepted. Suddenly then; history has become a real thing, not just a word on a piece of paper that represents….well er just …stuff. I […]
I'm using this blog to help myself move on with my creative practice, and to record my progress.
Well the blog instructions are stated for bloggin about project developments, and that can be good but not necessarily helpful when I'm in the throw of things,( where is the time) so thought I'd do this the other way round, […]
Note to self Things I would write about if it weren't so late and I weren't so tired: What I've not yet said about Hirschhorn's work. Fear. What I've been reading about photography's indexical relationship to reality. Quotes from Judith's […]
I have been asked to research 'Ritual and Ceremony' and think about what it means to me. This week we have been given the second part of the brief. And this is to make an object that could form a […]
Website My website is live. For the last week I have managed to construct the most basic utilitarian website. I am also in the process of making a stamp with the address on direct inquisitive people. The studio is starting […]
A couple of people have noted that the photographs show my underlying obsession with OSB sterling board. The reconstituted wood sheeting we used to build Vincent Maugers huge Undercroft sculpture in the summer. It is a fabulous material and has […]
We are right in the thick of things, too much to report really in 500 words. Will save my more reflective thoughts about what has come up for tomorrow. Today am sharing some transcriptions of selected ribbons together with a […]
I am returned once again from two days of London visits, meetings and strong coffee. On Tuesday I visited the Free Art Fair at Marble Arch. Hampered, as usual by my Gallery finding skills, it took two laps of the […]
Here is one painting from the first series of works . It is oils, foils and plastics, 1m x1m.This image is 1 of 4 paintings that expresses how we could be in a society setting. 'Isolation' represents individuals living all […]
Open Art Competition Entry is £25 per picture with three images to be submitted. The exhibition lasts for two weeks. We expect perhaps 1500 entries and there will be three prize winners. We take 25% commission on sales and give […]
Each part of the 8 paintings in the second series of work is signifying a character, each vastly different. This the viewer is asked to create them self. Please read the following if you would like to collaborate with me […]
Keeping this simple. The canvas represents: space, society, your environment. The Charcoal and glue square represents your Psychological frame of mind. The inside of the square represents your personality and character. ‘The Idea’ The theme is to understand how you […]
Hello, I'm going to make a start then. I don't really like to use the word Artist to describe what I do, it has too much baggage attached. I'm just compelled to make creative investigations into things I find fascinating, […]
Before the hindsight bit, a little of the context…I've been working as a freelance artist consultant for corporate Initiatives in a local Authority. This invitation evolved from my role as artist in residence in 2006, in a Healthy Living Centre […]
So back to The City as a Canvas…The concept for this work is a development of a project I'm collaborating with Mike Blackman on for our Distributed South Residency, where we are building a prototype to collect data and mapping […]
The Big Draw- day arrived, and teams registered for routes, gps digital loggers, and back stickers- stating cyclist creating digital drawings. (I think the branding and reinforcing the message to wider audiences is helpful) teams went off and did the […]
So all went well, and I loved the live feel of things, of data downloads, and participation by many people who would not usually be involved in an arts project, and the way people 'got it’. I was expecting having […]
socks-the seemingly pairing opportunity. they live in my top drawer, the socks. they don't do much, i just ask of them to occasionally get to together and go out for a while. some seem more capable than others. quite a […]
Today I spent a morning as mornings should be . The last week has seen me scraping the barrel of my positivity as the work in Bristol chose to come down prematurely, (under it's own steam I might add), and […]
My tomorrow has turned into almost two month. It has been very busy getting the work together for the exhibition in London and this has taken more time then anticipated. Although the process has been a very hard work it […]
Our fourth day Under Ground. There is something strange about it – like being in a hidden world – no sun, no passers by – just us carrying out our strange self-assigned tasks in these half-lit subterranean rooms.
THURSDAY Painted roots all day. Not radical. Walked out in the sun to buy fishing line. Nailed the roots to the wall – very satisfying.
