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The paintings are so heavy to move, and I am having such difficulty getting the exact colours, painting and then repainting, adjusting, all the while bent double over them, that there is difficulty straightening up after long sessions of this. […]

The paintings are so heavy to move, and I am having such difficulty getting the exact colours, painting and then repainting, adjusting, all the while bent double over them, that there is difficulty straightening up after long sessions of this. […]

I've been to Italy, which was inspirational, and experimenting with life drawing in the life room. I now know how these etchings will develop. They will be about fragmentation and the fragility of the human form. I have the drawings […]

Last week I had a glorious time pushing oil paint about. I began four new oil studies, selecting pieces of china here and there which caught my fancy. Being in such an environment, filled with the most amazing, colourful, delicate […]

Admin day comes round again. It's one of those times when despite really wanting to make some work I also really, really need to do some filing, sorting and emailing. Actually I feel as if admin week is what is […]

The etymology of traditional Chinese characters is very revealing – here is the background to ‘cicada’. The character is pronounced ‘chan’ [second tone] or ‘shan’ [second tone]. The left half of the character provides the meaning, while the right half […]

TOOLS DOWN- well I just don’t feel myself at the moment so work has ceased, I spend much of my time sleeping. My condition is further agitated by the various political canvassers coming to our door. We have the elections […]

First I went to the Copy Shop and got printouts of all the possibilities to check out my decisions, and then to Boesner's. It meant difficult decisions about which colours to get. The "hand painted" colour charts are a long […]

More worries My mother's health is deteriorating A friend has lost motivation it seems … and he never sleeps I have no faith in myself…I works so hard to overcome my fear of failing…but I cannot trust myself like I […]

Devotional Choreography With this exhibition I will draw focus on the visual poetry of movement and gesture, which devotees of religion have over centuries developed to honour and express their faith. I am following these movements and rituals, capture some […]

I am immersing myself in a huge workload without any agreed funding. Perhaps it is madness..But the exhibition should open around the 14th of May, in the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool and currently only a sketch of the originally planned […]

It’s strange feeling that nothing much is happening on the project when the days are slipping away. Other priorities have to be dealt with and yet there is still clearly so much to do. Last night I sat down and […]

Shekar took me to the girls hostel at the Salaam Baalak Trust today, was about an hour north of Delhi. The hostel houses around 60 young girls ranging from 6 years old up until the age of 18. Most of […]

A long day making definite hard decisions about the colours for the next stage which meant a lot of trial samples mixing colours, as well as working on the computer looking at varying combinations. Living in the studio means that […]

The curator has been appointed. Her name is Gill Hedley. She is an independent curator best known as the Director of the Contemporary Art Society from 1993 to 2006. Before that she worked for the British Council organising exhibitions of […]

The last couple of weeks have been mainly devoted to organising materials and events for the next period of work out in the landscape. There have been rather frustrating points where the snags implicit in a project with several partner […]