I have arrived in Xiamen after a week in Hong Kong. If you put aside the fact that Hong Kong is an exciting international city with all the incredible things that you get in a place that has a lot […]
The Gloup fishing disaster memorial. After the Paris attacks last night it was a sad day, it was heartbreaking news, an atrocity. While they are completely different in context and reasons, it found my mind turning to thoughts about fishing […]
What new ideas do I want to make? Based from my last post in my blog about my Chinese and English illness, I have been thinking of different ways not just on paper but also in my mind on how […]
During my group crit. my tutor David Baldry made one comment, that my work would really only achieve the effect I’m chasing if I get the display right, which I have to agree with. It is almost distressing to find […]
I’ve found this week quite challenging and mentally draining at times; the work is developing, however I feel overwhelmed by ideas and certain elements of my practice. It could be due to the fact that formative assessments are around the corner […]
for one night only: a convention to celebrate shyness : part of the museums at night.
Andrew Gifford awarded £5000 ING Prize for his oil painting The Tyne at Wallsend Study 1, one of a series of northern scenes featured in annual exhibition in London.
So, I finally did it! I bit the bullet and experienced my first performance! I have to say that I feel a huge relief to have finally done it. What an experience?! I feel like i have just discovered a […]
Playing a game of 6 degrees of separation is infinitely engaging and surprising. With this game usually there is a target person as the end point but I have no such ambitions, only that the journey be unexpected and interesting. […]
The second in Artquest’s System Failure series of conversations took place earlier this week, with a discussion looking at how artists can benefit from urban regeneration. We report from the event at Block 336, an artist-led space in Brixton, London.
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Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Speaking at last night’s Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists event, author Jeanette Winterson spoke passionately and at length about the true value of art and the need for artists to be supported and encouraged.
The third drawing in this set of experiments: Bought new pens – Staedtler Permanent Lumocolor fine and superfine refillable nibs – and used the fine one for this drawing. Summary This feels like a step forward Pen thickness ideal – […]
AUDIOBLOG- Please click here I love how words move their meaning around. Like a living thing. I have often been known to quote Terry Pratchett. I think it comes from having had a teenage boy when Pratchett was at his […]
I’ve reorganised my website http://www.studio308ltd.co.uk and now have my work organised under portfolio. I still have some historical stuff to add but I think it is easier to navigate now.
The ties that bind, the roots that ground us … Each of the deaths faced since the start of this year have thrown up feelings associated with those that have gone before – it’s inevitable. I had already been thinking […]
Recipients of the 21st annual Awards for Artists, the largest individual awards made to visual artists and composers in the UK, revealed at keynote speech in London.
