It was a warm and still day, wind mostly from the west. The baby birds are getting braver and visiting the feeder now. More birds visit the platform with the paper on too. Most of the movement comes from the […]
I am about to launch my new exhibition and have used social media to raise awareness of the show. Does anyone know of other effective ways of advertising? e.g. influential blog sites etc? Normally I would contact media who cover […]
(Written 07/06/2020) I’m going to ask a question. Am I still thinking about the same things or have I been seduced by the methods and materials? This may be a rhetorical question, or it may be an exploration. I may […]
Since so many of us globally are confined to our homes and gardens because of Covid-19 pandemic. I thought it would be an opportune time for self-reflection, hence the title, ‘Confessions of a Garden Hermit’.
It was a warm and still day. It was also my sons birthday and he wanted to hang out in the shed a bit. So with a lack of wind and us scaring the birds away the drawings are quite […]
Having been a nurse for the last 3 months as My partner became Ill and went in to hospital I have had to …………………….reassess my self
Always interesting to discover new work, if you use it maybe you could enter your user name. Thanks. Instagram: hidekia
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University. Madeline Denny-Gelder is an artist who primarily works with clay, drawn to the material for its tactile nature and clear sense of touch manipulation. She explains: “I use the material to explore an […]
“It’s life Jim – but not as we know it!” may be a famous mis-quote from the TV series Star Trek in an episode[1] of the sci-fi drama which explored the existence of a previously unknown life form. The story […]
This week’s selection features exhibitions and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms including: Alvaro Barrington’s digital drawings at Sadie Coles, a-n members Julia Cameron and Simon Marshall exhibiting large scale photography on the side of their house in Norwich and a collaborative project from Airspace.
Hi I’ve been asked to illustrate a book cover, my friend has written it. I don’t normally take commissions, she has explained that she doesn’t have a budget. However, I’m not willing to do it for nothing. I have no […]
Here is my rose, rosa mundi, rose of the world. It’s a gallica rose, a French rose, a crimson striped with white rose, a shrub rose, an old rose, a bushy rose. A showy rose, a fragrant rose, a semi-double […]
On this day, about a mile away from where this drawing was made, thousands of people gathered to protest against police violence towards black people. They directed energy towards a statue of Edward Colston who’s philanthropy funded alms houses and […]
Sunday afternoon and while making some museli for the coming weeks’ breakfasts I find myself recalling bits of the conversation that I had with Pavel yesterday evening. He has been looking at the Following Eugène blog. With the museli baking […]
I signed up for the London Drawing Group workshop on symbolic self portraits and did this I’m posting it not because it is a great piece of work but because the emphasis on tone took me right back to school […]
It is very easy to read the bird and wind drawings as communication from another species. Today, when I went to change the paper at 8am for the daytime drawing, I found a nice picture of a tree, or maybe […]
within the covid-19 pandemic we’ve experienced another horrendous loss of life in america, i refer to the death of geogre floyd. i was really embarrassed on tuesday because i didn’t see the black out tuesday thing till quite late – […]
Hi I’ve been posting my recent collection of prints on Instagram and got an sales enquiry. So I whipped up a shop on my website and I’m ready to sell. The work is A5 on 300gsm card. It is sold […]
A breezy and cool day. The birds were feeding the babies so made a lot of movement going back and forth to the feeder. The day drawing shows this with the layers of ink laid down by tiny movements. Night […]
Art and environment – where art is used to connect people with nature
With Covid-19 having brought my photography business, and income, to a screeching halt, I am now looking into doing more in the way of teaching and mentoring online. I’m wanting to set up a membership and am looking at platforms […]
