I had my fiI rst crit of the year today. The feedback was to go with my inner voice as this has much more power than the magazine quotes I have been holding onto. I am happy with this decision […]
Its been a really productive week. I have been doing more samples and more research. I am very aware that the more artists I look at doing text, how each one influences by judgement. So I now have a choice […]
The latest test piece is the one I am most excited about of all the testing this year but I know its in a really raw state. I was looking at it again today, there are little moments within the […]
On saturday Sam Mace and I, as students taking part in the Artist and The City exhibition at the Potteries Museum were invited to attend an Artist Soup Kitchen where we all sat down around a table actually within the […]
This is a quick energetic work I completed today. I was really testing the spacial depth as inspired by the Sean Landers paintings. What interested and excited me was the freehand writing he uses and the layering. I wanted to […]
I have been having a research day as I have a powerpoint for tomorrow on the direction and influences on my practice. Of all the text artists I have been looking at so far it is Sean Landers that grabs […]
I have been busy in the studio over the last few days. After some general research on text and art I am struck by the idea of a tension between an image and a text. How that text also becomes […]
We got our module feedback from last semester as a final grade on Wednesday and its fair to say I was disappointed with the result. There was certainly some blood on the carpet so you need time to digest and […]
Today I started my research. I have started with Art and Text which starts with 3 academic essays and takes you through the types of text art. This will give me a far greater understanding of the historical context of […]
Today I went to see the Warhol show at Tate Liverpool. I have watched a documentary on Warhol before so the show was pretty much what I had expected but it was enjoyable to see so many of his works […]
On tuesday we had the external examiners in to talk to us and I had the fortune not to be one to be selected for interview, but apparently it means there is more than a chance at the end of […]
Today, after a long break we have our first day back at university. I started the morning by going to visit the Artist and the City exhibition at the Potteries Museum to see my painting in situ. I do feel […]