A beardless Gavin Turk will be presenting his new limited editions series Project Beard this weekend at The Other Art Fair London. The art fair for ‘undiscovered’ artists will be launching its first regional edition in Bristol in June.
I have had to re-think the presentation of my picture’s in the degree show. I have been given a different space from the one I wanted. I have been given I long stretch of wall I think it is about […]
F is for Patrick Flores, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports This post is less about Patrick Flores, than it is around the curatorial decisions made in representing the Philippines at Venice Biennale in 2015. Although Flores is the official curator of […]
Another concept of sculpture. In this sculpture i play with the materials involved. In this artwork I used again organic materials, this because i want to include in my projects for the future, work with the organic materials. And why, […]
My studio space. I’m realising I have used far too much blue and purple paint. Its strange the way I have phases with colours, I think colour is a direct reflection of mood. I need to make the square purple […]
Great to meet Rinus and Aniet at Broomhill for my site visit. Thank you for your hospitality. Found perfect spot for my sculpture ‘viewpoint ‘ really looking forward to showing work now.
Base camp is my car, it’s the place I return to from each round of drawing. Tea flask, food, art materials, and time to reflect on each process. First exercise: to walk fast through the forest and landscape to see […]
A TestBed installation
Freya:- (Nordic)- Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war, wealth, divination and magic. Her name comes from the ancient Norse word for lady or mistress. There are several variations of the spelling of this goddess name.
Working on a large canvas whilst creating a pointillism image, is not as easy as i thought it would be. It is very time consuming. And is taking me longer than i originally anticipated. This is because the individual dots […]
Placing these two images beside each other in my studio space allowed me to preview them properly against a white space. This way i could conduct a proper assessment. The image on the right with the dark background didn’t portray […]
Continuing to use images that i have appropriated online. I primed my second canvas with magnolia emulsion. Secondly i sketched the basic outline of me image onto the canvas. Using a small paint brush i started to shade in little […]
Throughout my blog I have tried to come up with witty titles for my posts. And with the degree show coming up soon, I didn’t want to leave my titles to the last minute. I want them to mean something. […]
Sorry it has been a while. I have been busy working on my proposal for the degree show and the final document that we hand in which is our portfolio. I have been doing some new paintings but most of […]
There haven’t been any blog posts for a few weeks because I’ve been in Mexico with family, taking a break before the final push (and introducing my son to his granny for the first time). Now waiting for the carpenters […]
Axisweb’s board of trustees has announced the appointment of Mark Smith as executive director, replacing Sheila McGregor who stepped down at the beginning of April.
The plan for today was that I have a really long sleep, sit and relax for a few hours, then leisurely make my way to the airport. In reality, my bedside clock is telling me that its 6.55 and I […]
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art director Godfrey Worsdale is to leave the organisation in July to join The Henry Moore Foundation as its new head.
E is for Exploitation, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports …as seen in feature documentary ‘Machete Maidens Unleashed’ (2010), by Australian film director Mark Hartley. This film is a fan-based tribute to the endless number of exploitation films made in the provinces of the […]
Heres a quick sketch to show a cross section of the double glazing units . A small hole is drilled in the side and then sand carefully packed in the space so that all the grains can be seen against […]
I am glad to say, my first artwork for degree show is ready for exhibition, i am really happy, I reach my aim with this meaningful sculpture in all the aspects as you look to the sculpture, but better then […]
Last Saturday I was part of an artist residency at Slack Space in Colchester. Different artists have been coming in over this month and spending a day creating some work in the space. The work will be part of an […]
Above is a picture of a vintage doll I have called Juana, and below a link to a very short film staring Juana and her brother Paquito. This is my third short film since I discovered iMovie exactly a week […]
