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.
Samara Scott - Silks , Eastside Projects, Birmingham 16 May – 11 July 2015 Before entering the exhibition I am warned that the show contains pools of liquid and to watch my step, not to touch or disturb the surfaces – most […]
the lighthouse lantern close up the individually handmade glass components make up the whole reflective surface of the light a compass shows the direction of the weather vane on top
Today I have been on an art hunt – it’s a bit like a bear hunt but without the bear. Instead there are foxes, badgers, sheep, birds and insects.. I’ve been to a pop up exhibition in the dining room […]
A Short film on how I created the Sunflowers Commission (in red) for a client. The Sunflowers Commission (in red) is inspired by Van Gogh’s Sunflower Series. The abstract drawing has been produced with ink, bubbles, watercolour, pencil and coloured […]
As I may have said before, now and again I feel drawn towards painting and for a long time I have wanted to work with wax – I remember making a wax house during my BA which is a long […]
The New Light Prize Exhibition is open for entries again. It’s come around so quickly but also I find it hard to remember the time when I had not won the Valeria Sykes award because it changed my life so […]
After a fantastic visit to the Richard Diebenkorn exhibition at the RA I continued my day in London with a visit to the Sonia Delaunay exhibition at Tate Modern. My visit, late afternoon, allowed me plenty of time and space […]
What is the latest with making my website as part of my assessment? I have been successfully making my website to look the way I want but with some obstacles along the way. This Website that I have to make […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Yawn! (That’s tired rather than bored!) I feel I should blog about it… but quite weary! I’m just going to say that live music works well in the gallery. I will be organising […]
