So my first blog post after probably the longest gap since my last entry I have managed to get back. Unfortunately the lack of posting is as a result of an uncharacteristically severe bout of illness and before that a […]
During my residency I question how drawing and drawing strategies can affect how I engage with nature (forest), my relationship to the forest, self and others.
This short report deconstructs the Paying Artists case studies, published as part of campaign evidence in 2014, to highlight emerging themes and show how some galleries are already demonstrating transparency. Useful for galleries wishing to develop their own fair pay policies.
Booked five sessions at £50/hour with a mentor who is an artist and has training in mentoring. https://veroniquemariaservices.wordpress.com/ At the fourth session we defined what is at the core of my practice which was like seeing the thread behind and […]
I have dropped my sculpture off at the sand blasting and powder coating place… really interesting day learning how it works …and meeting the really eccentric guy who runs the place! amazing!
The fifth Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award, open to all non-represented artists who are not currently in education, has gone to Lawrence Lek.
The acrylic box has now been fabricated at Adam Plastics in Glasgow and arrived this week at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Johannes, one of the technicians and I met to discuss the details of the steel frame he will be making.
The title of this post is a bit tongue in cheek but also a deliberate statement: There is nothing not serious about watercolour as a medium – just take a look at work by Carol Robertson. Which is not to […]
I have just arrived back from a trip to the south of Spain and brought back some lovely seed pods I have found, I will use them in my continuing making process to influence new pieces
This song from Star Trek: Enterprise. It is how I feel. Struggling on, to finally reach my final destination: becoming a true Fine Artist… It’s been a long road, getting from there to here. It’s been a long time, but my […]
2015 will see the Philippines showcase at The Venice Biennale, after a hiatus of 5 decades. A soul searching discovery with artist, Vanessa Scully.
I was not aware of Richard Diebenkorn’s work until I saw it this week at the Royal Academy of Arts. Not surprising since this is only the second exhibition of its kind to be held in the UK since 1992. […]
John Smith and Paul Housley Hosted at ATTIC, One Thoresby Street Curated by Alice Gale-Feeny and Oliver Tirré Exhibition: 3-18 April 2015 Gallery open: Thu-Sat, 12-6pm Written by Joseph Winsborrow, April 2015 Photograph by James E Smith Presented upon […]
many birds live among the reeds and occasionally emerge, a Stonechat being the most unusual I’ve seen so far..
The first visitors i saw in winter on the estuary were Canada geese which I tried to capture here.. the first attempts at painting on canvas again after many years of photography feels like a different space to be in […]
I still haven’t used the roll of acetate sheet that I brought in so I have cut four pieces into 45cm squares and am going to experiment with quick sketches in acrylic paint and see how they look. Kathryn Raffell, […]
Next I want to concentrate on the pink wrapped painting, working on getting the paint finish to imitate the ripped edges of paper and painting in the creases and shading on the paper itself. Both are challenging and call for […]
One of first things I want to do is continue working on the second large canvas of the female figure holding a tribal mask. It will take a while to move forward with this. It’s still paint and step back […]
The last pieces of work that I made were four small water colour sketches of faces. I wrapped them, parcel like, and hung them on a length of chain. It was a way of linking them together, to say that […]
This is an interview that I done with Chris Dobrowolski, about his artwork and my own. We finished by asking him ‘What would you do if you had a Stroke, and would you continue to make artwork?….
Just rejoined the AN after 3 yrs absence and am planning.
In The Interpretation Matters Handbook, a-n contributor Dany Louise brings together a variety of voices from the visual arts to discuss the thorny and important subject of gallery interpretation and ‘artspeak’. In an extract from the book, Simon Martin, director of Pallant House Gallery, Chichester explains the organisation’s approach to accessible and informative text.
Very interested in Robert Macfarlane’s new book ‘Landmarks’ and why he champions the importance of language to our continuing connection and understanding of the natural environment So much of his writing resonates with me in my own work. He writes […]
Firstsite gallery in Colchester has announced that it is to be managed by Colchester Arts Centre for the next 12 months, following the recent resignation of director Matthew Rowe.
