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Ghada Amer(b1963) Ghada Amer was born in Cairo Egypt and moved to France as a child and them went to live and work in the USA. I have looked a lot at Ghada Amer in the past as I can […]

This photo blog shows me making a 6ft square painting titled Semiotics in Praxis V – spraying (2014). It’s an enlarged representation of the HSE symbol warning people to wear respiratory protection. The running drips are encouraged and the canvases are covered […]

our branwen loves orangutans. she wanted to do something to raise awareness of their living environment being compromised by palm oil farming.  palm oil is even used to replace the peanut oil in peanut butter. on wednseday 30th march she […]

the photo society i’m a member of have a presidents exhibition to which i have submitted some images. getting the images ready has been good for me as i’ve gone back over the images i’ve made and reconnected to the […]

  As part of my research for the dissertation, myself and another student went to the British Museum’s archive room, to view a set of Goya’s ‘Disasters of War’ prints. The set was one of only two that were produced […]

So, to begin.  This was a project I didn’t plan on creating. Like my last project Burning the Books (a live touring work exploring debt in it many forms) it takes a central metaphor – the Wall –  and attempts […]

  works in progress… I’ve taken several images from YouTube videos, all with significance to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. I’m considering the idea of mixing images of the relevant world leaders in with the ordinary people, who’s lives […]

A few months ago, I was struggling with finding artists to look at and I found this book in the library. Its about contemporary artists and having their work displayed and presented in a museum way. I found it easier […]

Here are a few images of me in the creative zone, and helping put up art for the UCS art auction for our degree show. #loleithaart Pity the images will not rota on this. I will try resizing and replacing. […]

Post by Kay It’s been full on in the studio for weeks now. Therefore zero time for blogging! But I have been documenting the making process. It’s got to that critical time: one week to go! Can hardly believe it. […]

I’ve never really had much confidence when it comes to making ‘Art’ and yet somehow I keep on trying.  Most of my drawings never reach a point at which I’m happy for them to go out into the world as […]

For the past two years on the Fine Art course, I have mainly used acrylic paint and photography within my work and I have been wanting to explore other mediums, within my final year and make bigger works. I have […]

This series of photographs shows me making prints as part of a series of images where I have appropriated and adapted Goya’s print Great deeds! Against the dead! I create two prints, one a relief linocut and the second is a zinc […]

Reflecting on this blog… I find grammar a struggle. (I guess you may have noticed). #dyslexia. However, this medium has given me the platform to express my thought processes about my artwork and continue to seek out relevant artists that […]

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 […]