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“For me England stands for the Church of England, eccentric incumbents, oil-lit churches, women’s institutes, modest village inns, arguments about cow parsley on the altar….” John Betjeman, Coming Home, BBC Broadcast.  

For a recovering agoraphobic, perfectionist with M.E. this project is starting to get to me. Too much to do. It’s all taking 2-3 times longer than I had planned, my energy levels are on about 20% and I haven’t even […]

Yesterday I had a bone marrow biopsy (BMB) to assess the development of my blood cancer, and as usual I thought of recording (photographing) the procedure for my art however typically this idea only came to me as a flash […]

The Swedish tax system requires that all companies complete regular VAT returns.  In the UK I was self-employed rather than a company and had an income well below the VAT threshold.  Where as here I am an ‘Enskild firma’ – […]

Gillian, L-B, Untitled, 2016, [Oil on wood] 1000 x 1500 cm This painting underwent many transformations. Various squeegees were used to make and merge marks, to blend colours and to differentiate areas of the board. To begin with I used […]

Above you can see the finished out come of the prints I designed last year. I enjoyed the use of colour and felt confident in the use of one screen as I felt the way the paint fell onto the […]

 I put a film in my purse and discovered that I could take it on a journey. I could walk across lines with my ‘torch’, project my film, be anywhere and nowhere. I did not need to ask…I could allow […]

I finally finished a painting on ‘Paradise’ that I had been working on for ages. It wouldn’t be paradise if one doesn’t like pink, obviously! I suppose they are evangelistic works, trying to engage people with spiritual issues, in answer […]

I recently finished an abstract painting of ‘Eden’, part of a series trying to look afresh at spiritual ideas, re-interpreting the ideas for the twenty-first century. I haven’t had much feedback about it, it took a long time to do, […]

I booked Long Street studio yesterday and I am so pleased with the outcome! Having used the studio last week I knew I wanted to frame my subject slightly differently and I also realised why I was not overly pleased […]

The Black Path is an ancient route. It has been many things: the northern boundary of an Anglian Kingdom, a medieval sailor’s trod, and a convenient path to work for the steelworkers of Middlesbrough. It is a nominal, barely remembered […]

Nationalism = Dangerous What is Englishness? Is this question relevant now? What is the difference between Englishness and Britishness? Why do people find it important to define Englishness/Britishness? Is it important to have a national identity? Is Englishness cultural? Is […]

We are delighted to announce that our first ever crowdfunding campaign has gone live today on indiegogo (trumpets and drum roll please…) We are offering some fantastic rewards (or “perks” as they are called) to our backers and we urge […]

Matt Price curated a two person show I was part of at The Nunnery in Bow. I was excited to show him my newest work since it was almost two years since we first worked together. I also wanted to […]