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I have been working on these paintings today. The two thin canvases, 16 in x 32 in, are paintings formed by the drips from my other works. I laid them on the floor underneath the other canvases I was working […]

As well as laying the stripes of black wavy bands vertically over the face I also placed them horizontally. Kathryn Raffell, 2015, acrylic, acetate sheet strips on canvas, segment of 180cmx120cm canvas. I like the effect BUT both look like […]

On the evening of Thursday 16th April I attended another event, X-Ray Audio at Baltic 39 as part of The Curves of the Needle exhibition. The story of forbidden music made in the Soviet Union post WW2 and how bootleg […]

Affected by migraine since childhood. I recently found that I could control the pain I was experiencing by using acupuncture. Sometimes if you go to visit somewhere they have a map of attractions. You press a button on the display […]

I have begun to work without the aid of a grid on my canvas as I was finding it restrictive. For this work above, I have a number of separate images I have drawn onto the canvas in pencil and […]

Over 400,000 bees, there, in front of me, behind, everywhere, striking terror into my heart. I have just created a piece for Salt Road (saltroad.org) playing on the emotions that this sound creates. Always fearful of bees, it required such […]

Yesterday I went to the scrap metal yard, early.  Fortunately for me, they always have HEB beams in stock and I was able to measure to get those that were closest to 10cm in depth (10.2-10.3cm) I can only hope […]

Charcoal, Emulsion and Watercolour on Canvas 59 x 90 x 4.5 March 2015   The title refers to a variety of meanings. In one sense it refers to the notion of covering up, hiding or closing something. I also like […]

Today I worked on the second canvas I made to make the work a kind of Diptych (Diptych definition:-modern artists have used the term in the title of works consisting of two paintings never actually connected, but intended to be […]

J is for Jailhouse Rock, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports ‘I have put the true meaning in the real sense of the term jailhouse rock’ The letter J is dedicated to Filipino Prison Governor Bryan F Garcia, for his curatorial vision, […]

On friday I reworked the earlier piece using the spray painted shoes and reworked it as I felt it was not good enough for the show.  That said, I knew shoes as a metaphor for what women like and consumerism […]

Wow. It’s been a long while since I last blogged. Although, since my last entry, I have feverishly been working on my final research paper for the MA Art Psychotherapy course. The final deadline is on Wednesday this week and […]

Urban Desires Quite often I work on a number of pieces at the same time. Currently I have a very big painting on the way, but because of various reasons, I can’t currently proceed with it. Normally it’s to do […]