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I see geometry everywhere. Work by an African artist in our Jerwood Gallery uses circles and lines to make trees. Reminds me of Mondrian. I continue playing with compasses and circles/stars/pentagons. Painting them with local soils ground up with my […]

After trying the gold leaf sheet on a small piece of canvas I cut it out to see what it would look like on the work. I didn’t work, because it drew the viewers attention away from the females face, […]

Kathryn Raffell,2015,Acrylic on acetate sheet, 30cmx40cm Working on the larger acetate sheet I sketched faces and then I have used a scapel on the first layer on the lighter areas of the face scratching them off, just leaving the opaque […]

I hung some of my smaller canvases on the white studio space wall to compare them and help me make a short list of which ones I might put into the show. Kathryn Raffell,2015,all acrylic on canvas, all 40cmx50cm. Some […]

It’s nearing the time of our degree show and so we will have to repaint all the walls and floors. I feel almost sad that I will have to hide the splats of paint I’ve made on the floor in […]

Another long day, nearly thirteen hours all in all, but I did at least achieve the main goal which was to graphite and glaze the rear of the three wing panels. This should be a relief, and initially it was, […]

Catching up my newspaper backlog one article in particular caught my attention.When Orhan met Anselm. It’s a piece about Orhan Pamuk’s encounter with Anselm Kiefer in his studio in France. Pamuk is a Nobel prize winning author who for many […]

With the ‘insomnius’ series  as an ongoing project , i have come to a realisation, i feel that by making the sheep in a repetitive way, that i have actually lulled myself into a dreamlike state as everything i am […]

Sculpture progressing well. Now completely free-standing and surprising everybody of its deceptive interior space. Once inside you feel enveloped by the steel structure and separated from the surroundings …. Just as I had hoped for. The delicate decisions of where […]

Further selection of images updating progress of ‘Viewpoint’

Light Fantastic season celebrates the UNESCO International Year of Light.     Liz West’s new light installation will take centre stage in a season of free events at the National Media Museum, celebrating the UNESCO International Year of Light. Manchester-based artist Liz […]

Hi, Sorry for the lack of posts in the last two weeks, unfortunately my mother-in-law, Pat has, sadly passed away after a long illness… she will be greatly missed. I would like to dedicate this to her. Pat shared my […]

As we rush up to the end of the course I’m getting all sorts of information together , my CV, an exhibitions list and a bibliography too. Just thinking about the books that have informed my work over the last […]

As I have been experimenting with tin bottle tops, and thinking about pilgrimage badges and folk art etc, my research lead me to look at  Frida Kalo, she was someone who began to experiment with androgyny and cross dressing, in […]

I actually took a notebook with me to Sweden – one of my own handmades. The intention was, that I write down notes every day, ideas, lists of names, places, filling in the pages with little drawings.  Then I would […]

After a welcome day’s break I got to the studio a bit later today, it being Sunday. I was very glad to see Friday’s paintwork looking fine and began sanding at the far end of the room, only to realise […]