Initiated as a means to share my process whilst working on a new collection of diagram poems for a POST Artists exhibition at Whitstable in June 2016, this blog continues to grow as a library of diagram poems, including individual works and thematically linked collections.
Staff at the gallery, cinema and print studio in central Dundee have been told that a review of the organisation’s staffing structure is taking place.
During May I’m taking part in Brighton Festival’s artist development residency which enables a group of mid-career artists to intensively engage with the Festival, attending nearly 40 festival events. I’ll try to record some thoughts about this extraordinary experience here.
I have been expanding my art-making beyond the studio environment: walking the Black Mountains in Wales, drawing found-objects, working with film and projection in a vast cave complex near to my studio. This is a fruitful area for me, and […]
Professional Development Bursary 2016
Anyone know any create people mainly film background I could meet when I’m over in Malmo Sweden?
Looking forward to my trip to Malmo Sweden next week thanks to my travel bursary and looking forward to meeting and making new friends amongst the film collective in Malmo. They’ve already lined up a presentation for me to show and talk about my work.
I did Art Foundation in a former mortuary with outdoor lavatories. The loos were primitive in the extreme with barn style doors that didn’t reach the ground (or the ceiling) and spiders the size of cartwheels along the stone walls. […]
Barrow 16 turns out to be Barrow 20, and is not included in the excavation this time. So my planning for the site and measuring the space was for nothing. However, the barrows being dug this time include Barrow 8, […]
A new report from the Art Not Oil group claims to reveal BP’s influence over exhibition content, events and gallery security procedures, with the Museums Association set to investigate.
For the latest in her series of columns on artists’ books, Sarah Bodman looks at the work of Newcastle-based artist Theresa Easton whose new series of books was created at a Victorian era letterpress printing works in Scotland.
Gabrielle writes: Over the past few weeks, we’ve found ourselves almost overwhelmed by the possibilities for work that Dawlish Warren opens up for us. The a-n Professional Development Bursary is something of an anchor. So I’m returning to our starting […]
Last Friday and yesterday I spend time with Jonathan Larkin-Hall, sculptor and furniture maker who is an expert in mould making. He spent 15 years working with Anthony Gormley on making moulds for casting. So I have to say, a […]
Loosely painted still life following a couple of days in the studio
Physiognomy: this term is used to describe a character or personality from an outer appearance. Ontology, another term used to describe the essence of nature and being relating to metaphysics which is the concepts of being and knowing time space and […]
Running the race with endurance.
I have decided I want ‘my’ performance lecture to be about the absurd of suicide and the introspective bringing in the thoughts and philosophical views of Nietzsche and Camus. I do not want it to be to serious nor do […]
Between the last time I blogged on here and now I have been incredibly busy. I have: Set up an exhibition at the Hive Performed a Live performance Put the finishing touches to the print project Had an artist meeting […]
I have just returned to my home in Hastings on the East Sussex coast after an epic ‘Grand Tour’ road trip of the UK. It has been an amazing privilege to take 15 days out of my normal routine to […]
Last week I finally brought in the steel sheet I had left outside and I am very pleased with the outcome. It has produced some amazing patterns and a vivid orange colour. I am not sure how some of the […]
