Last Friday’s preview was a mix of great company alongside a compelling display of ‘New Generation Landscape Art’ allowing viewers to explore the complexities of interpreting landscape and the world we live in. My new solo show ‘A Question of […]
This film is a beast to tame. On the surface, the task is easy – link shots to make a simple animation. However I’ve been working on this on and off for 3 months now. Seven different cuts exist. I’m […]
The preview days of the biennale from a personal perspective
Latest photoshop drawings/plans for installation room? I wanted to do some more planning by creating some more drawings on photoshop and seeing how I can carefully get the measurements just right for the ground and ceiling. I wanted to be […]
A trip to Leeds last week proved absolutely exhilarating with such a wide selection of amazing art particularly The Tetley’s new exhibition ‘Painting in Time’.
M is for David Medalla, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports B. 1942 / Can someone please give David Medalla a museum worthy retrospective in London? Arts Council Collection Tate Collection Iniva Tate Shots Mousse Magazine Publications Enough said. #OFW more than a country […]
On Saturday 16th May I travelled to Grimsby to speak at The Lightlines Conference whose theme this year was Sight & Site. Featured artists were Jo Booth, Bradford, Gill Hobson, Grimsby, David Cotterrell, London and myself. I gave an overview […]
What is the latest progress for my degree show? Well… I can say that it has been a very nice smooth start to the week having made already made a small wall to go near the entrance so that the […]
Stapled large paper to the wall. Started with a circle. Symbol of the earth. Spidergram. Mindmap of all the directions in which I am spinning. An attempt to ground it, or wall it in this case. Helps me to see […]
Nearly two weeks have passed since the General Election result. I haven’t been able to think of much else since. ‘Gutted’ is a word I heard a lot in the first few days, describing how many of my close friends […]
I have not written for a really long time and this is because it has been an incredibly manic month. Our new temporary contemporary gallery has now opened in Fareham. It’s quite a big deal for us as it is […]
Awards reward organisations encouraging the public to engage with the activity of drawing, with those recognised ranging from a major centre for contemporary art to a comprehensive school in Essex.
The dispute about privatisation of jobs at the National Gallery continues with PCS union members planning further demonstrations and strike action over the next two weeks following the sacking of union representative Candy Udwin.
A nasty moment to begin with today. I was a bit nervous about starting the top coat. After all, minor blemishes in the undercoat can somehow be disguised, but the top coat has to be perfect. I mixed up the […]
The original exhibition ‘Magiciens de la Terre’ was staged in over two exhibition sites in Paris (the Centre Pompidou and the Great Hall of La Villette), and ran from 18th May to 14th August 1989. It was hailed as the […]
Oil Pastel, Pencil, Felt Tip, Emulsion, Oil and Watercolour on Canvas 59 x 90 x 4.5 March 2015 There is almost always a painting once considered finished underneath my works. They have been painted over. Sometimes completely, sometimes enough […]
This week’s selection includes a reimagining of the Magna Carta at the British Library, plus an examination of the strangeness of everyday life at Ikon gallery, Birmingham.
Feel like things have been playing on fast forward lately, with preparations for our Light Night Liverpool display taking over my life. Using ideas learnt from the Swedish exhibition – we let it flow, develop and had no real rules. […]
I am seeking direction, in many directions. I take photos of mosaics on shop entrances on the America Ground nearby, surprising how many remain. I think about thinking, and start designing a thinking cap. Sound: The earth. An old Greenham […]
Member of group researching working conditions at site of new Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi refused entry to country to UAE.
Seemingly endless days of sewing and pinning and cutting and glueing…. I can tell that a deadline is looming (The Opening Night for the end-of-residency show is on Friday 22 May) when the sketchbook turns into page after page of […]
These past few weeks have been a real rollercoaster. Excuse the cliché but it is the most accurate way to describe recent life. Life has thrown challenges at me at what feels like the worst possible time to feel challenged- […]
I was so blasted after Saturday that I couldn’t even write a blog post on my way home. It wasn’t hugely eventful, but I did (almost..just one coat on one side of one panel left to go) finish undercoating. […]
A research and practical investigation into Children’s Victorian Magic Lantern slides and contemporary toy projectors such as ‘projecteo’ instagram projector, including a collaboration with Hull University Chemistry Department to develop processes of manipulating inkjet prints.
