Considering the exhibition closed way back in September 2015 this blog post is one of those better late than never cases. I’d always meant to discover Pace Gallery in London but had never gotten round to it and aiming for […]
Gerard Dutton S166117 Artist Statement. Fine Art Level 6 march 2016 My art has grown in a totally different direction since arriving at UCS Ipswich, I arrived with what I thought of as a well-rounded and long journey through life […]
I am very happy to report I have made a sale today – to an American chap no less. To say I am over the moon is an understatement. I promise that I am not gloating about my modest transaction […]
As well as actually sewing I have also been working on a series of paintings with connections and continued narrative around textiles and autobiography .This piece is a large acrylic on canvas quite textured in places, but I also tried […]
I was completely overwhelmed when I had a meeting earlier this week with Jonathan who was giving me advice on how at make the moulds for my three figures to be cast in bronze and lead. He felt it best […]
I am working on one of my latest projects which is a mixed media piece.It contains a collection of paintings (appliquéd onto a vintage army jacket.The jacket will contain a narrative using words and pictures of the life of my […]
This piece is a work in progress about tension; the tension between people in relationships that are strained, the tension of forces pushing, crushing or pulling a person psychologically. I’m someone who recycles whatever I can, and hate to see […]
The above three sketches are very primitive and display feelings of being trapped, cornered, and self reflective of ones life, or the life one feels trapped within. I like the simplicity of these and want to work more on this […]
After a few walks and many photographs later, I put a selection of them together into a folder and looking through them, I have been inspired to temporarily go back to paint and make an interpretation of a few of […]
A lot of things have slotted into place recently. I can’t quite understand how it’s happening but I guess it’s as a result of my involvement with the MA to which I’ve at last committed wholeheartedly. I’ve given up my […]
During the past week or so I have been working on two sculptural pieces for what has become an annual event – a collaboration with the English Department at UCS. This is an excellent opportunity for the Fine Art students […]
Gallery on Decima Street will act as home for next four years before anticipated move to permanent large-scale space on South Bank in 2020.
This post is a look at some of the books I’ve dipped into since Christmas. Grayson Perry’s Playing to the Gallery is a collection of 36 postcards, the cards have images that are made by the artist in the fashion of […]
The waves were roaring this day under a bright blue sky, to be able to create art here is a privilege, the space is art itself. The environment really is constantly changing, whenever I map out the space with art…it […]
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section, take us to Bolton, Cardiff, Fife, Manchester and Wrexham.
In response to the publicity I sent out about my award, I have been invited to submit a paper to the Southampton Solent Research & Innovation Conference. They are interested in practice related research and would like me to talk […]
Learning from the Paul Hamlyn funded ‘Our Museum’ programme.
A new artwork installed at the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail reuses material from a previous sculpture to allow visitors to trace locations of hidden coal excavations buried 1,000ft below the surface.
Posted by Gabrielle, Megan and Susie We gaze through a dirty pane of glass at the taxidermy display in the Visitor Centre. “What is that?” “It’s a hoopoe.” Try again, try not to try. See with a beginner’s mind. It’s […]
