43 a-n Artist members have been awarded bursaries to support self-devised professional development projects, while 24 artists receive awards to travel and develop networks and opportunities outside the UK.
My dissertation was titled: Roles of drawing relating to Claes Oldenburg, Christo and Sol LeWitt. “Drawing is fundamental to and the core of the artists’ and designers’ work. It is the means by which artists learn to see and understand […]
Artists who work with moving image are invited to complete Lux and Lux Scotland’s survey on how they live and work.
To begin looking at my current work in a more critical way I am going to briefly reflect back to level 5 to analyse how my recent works links back to then and also how it has moved on from […]
Just begun a new painting about a childhood memory of holidays in Portland, Dorset. I found a tiny black and white photo of myself, my brother and mum at a place called Church Ope Cove in Dorset. I remember so […]
In May and June 2017, the a-n team was out and about at five UK locations – Margate, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds – bringing together artists for a mixture of workshops, talks, get-togethers and much more. The […]
Henri Rousseau i have come to realise is a big inspiration for me, i have looked at his work for years now, back when i was doing my GCSE’s i used one of his paintings in my work as i […]
My work has been called naive which at first I thought was a bad thing as I had never heard the term before but the more I looked into it I realised that it wasn’t and I had heard of […]
Within this blog I aim to break down and better understand the themes which run through my work. As a starting point I have created a couple of mind maps which consist of the two main themes which run through […]
A review by Tim Barnes
This is a mind map of my work and my influences. Hopefully over this blog i aim to share my processes as well as gaining better personal insight in to my own work.
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Vancouver-based artist and musician Rodney Graham is best known for his large-scale photographic lightbox works, in which he features in a variety of guises. A new show at Baltic, Rodney Graham: That’s Not Me, presents work from 1994 to 2017 and includes a whole gallery dedicated to his varied and experimental film pieces. Fisun Güner asks the questions.
GOOD NEWS! The Arts Council have made me very happy (and relieved!). I have succeeded with my big funding bid. The 7 weeks of work it took to put it together has finally paid off, after keeping me on […]
I’m 48 hours into a residency that’s as focused upon manufacturing timelines and heritage-based narratives as the Fourth Industrial Revolution and competitive strategies. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and supported by arts commissioners Super Slow Way, the Art in […]
I think I may have mentioned that I am spending a lot of my time looking out from the (semi-)panopticon which is the Stevenson Room at the Visitor Centre. Being able to touch-type is a great advantage, so blogging does […]
Residency continues and Devices 2 print run is now complete. Also other pieces are either further developed or complete. Some examples are pictured here along with the layout print part finished for Devices 2, it is still wet so I […]
Opportunity to meet the artists on closing day of Graft Sat 1 Apr 11-5pm. Graft – an exhibition at PS Mirabel, Manchester of new work from artists Holly Rowan Hesson and Rowan Eastwood exploring and expanding their shared interests in […]
Landscapes drawing from images taken in Thailand. I looked towards the early modernists for ways to express a sense of interconnection, always listening to music while painting to help generate a feeling of rhythm and movement in the works. The […]
My work is made in many different ways and so far this year it has taken the form of round things. I have looked around the studio and found there are a couple of others who seem to be doing […]
