This painting is finished, I used more oil paint, then applied some water based emulsion thinking it was gloss, this is obviously not a good combination so I washed it off with water. I think the accidental smudgyness which has […]
This blog post, comes hot on the heels of my last critical post on The Waiting Room: Spanish Exile in the United Kingdom exhibition at the Cervantes Institute in London. I found the exhibition a hugely challenging […]
My latest painting comes about through my current process of paring down earlier detailed figurative works to achieve the minimalist end result. From my Dwelling Fusion series, I have fused together basic lines of two different kettles to create Kettle […]
Working with pointillism and creating the mind maps one word that kept repeating itself was blood. I decided to act on this and create a piece of artwork including blood (fake). Sourcing an image off line i stared to apply […]
Displaying my work presented a few challenges. With regards to my degree space, one of the other students agreed to swop walls with me and the women to whom i sharing a wall with, so that we have enough space […]
Meaning behind the name Hera:- (Greek) Queen of the Olympians and goddess of marriage and birth. The meaning of her goddess name has been lost. One historian claims her name could be connected to the Greek word for seasons “hora”, […]
This post will be only to show all my work for my degree show at UCS, it was a very interesting and exciting year and also for me a very productive year, this because I, do not only make artwork […]
Next stop on my tour around the different regions of Iceland was Vik on the South Coast. On the way I made a stop at Seljalandsfoss a waterfall on the road to Vik, where it was possible to walk behind […]
Still painting; it has something to do with the time of year, when there is colour about. Painting makes me anxious; I feel overwhelmed at times by the theory and discourse around painting; is it ok to paint? what does […]
Q is for DJ Qbert (Invisibl Skratch Piklz), A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports B. 1969 / DJ QBert was officially awarded the title America’s Best DJ in 2010. With a well-documented and successful DJ career, he is considered as one, if […]
I have been working on a painting entitled Bridge. This work has been evolving gradually from earlier paintings on the same theme. The initial depictions were quite detailed and have progressed as I began to explore how to convey the same notion but in […]
A quick response to the ‘Provincial Punk’ exhibition by Nicole Mollett
allotments in front of the sea and near to the ferry terminal, all sorts of relationships with water, seasons and tides I haven’t been to the sea for a few weeks and I miss it already so another visit […]
To find a name that fits how you want your work to be read, that reinforces the narrative that you see as present in the work but at the same time leaves a little for the viewer to decide and […]
This is just a brief update on my recent work. For the benefit of new readers to my blog, I like to pick things up….. The advantage of having dogs is that I can explore places I wouldn’t go into […]
These faces are a bit larger than the other collages i had done, all four are A4 size and from full magazine pages. They are also a lot more simple than the others i had done but because of the […]
I really enjoy making these collages. One of the good byproducts of pillaging magazines for eyeballs is that i find these faces that i just have a feeling i need to keep to make another face out of. I just […]
Cleared my work space out today, mixed feelings being up in the studios when all this is going on. I’m really excited but also getting emotional about the fact my time at uni is almost over. Think being highly hormonal […]
I have picked the pattern that I want to use, I don’t like the colour but that’s easily enough changed now i am starting to get the hang of using the photo editing technology.Although the sample id from a modern […]
