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I was delighted to see another Ocean Liner exhibition planned in my city, ‘Oceans Apart’ opened earlier this month at Manchester Metropolitan Special Collections. On this occasion, despite the advertising, I had very little knowledge of the exact content of […]

I was very lucky this year to receive an A-n bursary to extend my current research into mid war coastal architecture and begin my project, ‘The Maiden Voyage’. My work since 2013 has mainly responded to 1930s seafront architecture. This […]

Is it possible to be both lazy and obsessive? Is it possible to be lazy and ambitious? Parents, teachers and employers have in turn told me I’m lazy. I would agree with them. Unless I am totally engaged I don’t […]

The third and fourth weeks have largely been spent working in the CAD suite and looking more closely at creating objects in programmes such as Studio 3d Max. 3D Studio Max is part of the Autodesk suite of programmes (also […]

I’m steadily producing new pencil drawings based on outlines of my body or body parts. These activities feel like a starting point even if there is a lot of ambivalence about where they might lead. In reading back on other […]

After almost a two year gap from blogging, I was hoping to start back into it with a much more interesting topic than I am, but to be honest, this thing has taken over my life. My son gets married […]

These 3 drawings will be in the SFSA Drawing Open tomorrow. 51 artists are showing work and there will be 111 drawings to look at! Preview: 24 May 6-9pm Open for two weeks, Thurs-Sun Week one: 24-27 May Week two: 31 […]

For my first collection at The Other Art Fair Bristol “The Bristol Presentiments 1770” series, I have chosen to use only the pigments imported into Bristol from January-June 1770. I use historically resonant pigments in abstract works to create absorbing […]

This photograph may be of my first ever installation! I’m forced by an innate honesty to give my older sister collaborative credit. Indeed, seniority probably makes her lead artist – to be fair. This may seem like a playful beginning […]