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, […]
‘A Film in My Purse…’ A new research journey, using performance as process, untethered projections, and a mobile phone projector, in Mostar, Sarajevo, Tirana and Athens, launched 2015. Exploring border, encounter, intimacy, and the city…
Last year, I gave a talk about my life at a Meet-up event to an audience of about 80 people. There were many things I was excited to share with the people there, like the time I lived in Japan, […]
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 […]
Arts Council England is inviting the arts and culture sector to participate in a ‘conversation’ about its future investments for 2018 onwards.
What does it mean to be an artist and how does the romantic idea of the creative individual pursuing their passion impact on the reality of an artistic practice? At Creative Scotland’s recent Visual Arts Sector Review event in Edinburgh, Glasgow-based artist Rachel Maclean talked about this and more. Here we republish an edited extract of her provocation.
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 […]
This is a collection of articles talking about possible alternatives to the traditional Art College route in to being a professional artist. Collected from the A.N site. Also about Artist lead initiatives and Education ideas generally.
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 […]
Art-life continues after all: time for starting over, time for looking back. I am delighted to have been invited to contribute to this upcoming exhibition at a glorious space: COUNTER_FITTERS at Geddes Gallery curated by Sasha Bowles, Rosalind Davis, Evy Jokhova […]
Owners of pioneering Dadaist Kurt Schwitters’ last remaining Merzbau project call on Arts Council England and Tate to help rescue badly damaged site.
I have decided to work with one of the collectable books; I thought it would be a good idea to take another visit to the woodwork studio and to see what I could do there. I thought it would be […]
The term “slipstreaming” describes an object travelling inside of another object. Eukaryotic cell cycle cells need nutrients from the environment for development -DNA replication -Histones -Duplicate copies
Alongside my current exhibition and Kickstarter campaign, I was interested in visiting Yorkshire Sculpture Park to see the KAWS exhibition. Fellow LAN artist Sam Bartlett and I discussed it, and he texted to suggest Sunday to go. So, wading through […]
If you are an artist or arts organisers who earns income from a variety of sources, self-employment is usually a good option as it enables you to work for many different people and perform more than one type of work. This guide by financial services experts Counterculture explains what self-employment means, how to register as self-employed, and how and when you will need to pay tax.
