Work developed from the exhibition will be available to see in the John Rank Studio, Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester, 3-8 November 10.30-4.30 daily. PREVIEW is 6-8pm Monday 2nd November, all welcome Really pleased that one of the works has been selected […]
I spent Monday 17th August 2015 on a guided tour of Kingley Vale with Richard Williamson and the South Downs LiDar Project Group looking at the hidden histories revealed by LiDar maps and memories of Richard. Fascinating layers of information […]
Drawing process in which i let the marks come from simple movement of expression using a soft graphite stick. The sense is of me getting out of the way, of dark and light, of spaces appearing into which light fills […]
Summary of insights from a talk and seminar at Tate Brtain 30th May 2015 led by artist Emma Smith, relevant to the Kingley Vale residency. Emma Smith introduced her project ‘School for Tourists’: “The School For Tourists is an ongoing […]
TRANSFORMATION ‘On drawing and painting trees’ (Adrian Keith Hill,1936, Pitman Books): ‘It will be found that the underlying muscular development which categorizes the trunk and limb formation of the human contour is often reproduced in tree life.’ p.69 ‘on Huxley’s […]
Taking the idea of anthropomorphism further, of humanising the forest, I clothe trees with underwear. I want to accentuate this idea, using bras work best as they can fit onto the tree. How does humanising the forest through the process […]
The residency includes weekly mentor sessions with Veronique Maria who is challenging me to push my practice further. The sessions provide a platform to review the developing ideas, identify themes arising from intuitive process, to take risks and to consider […]
Took a small sketchbook and drew sensations of being in the forest using graphite stick and colour conte pastels. Drawings began with feelings of tension in the body from sitting, standing, the cold air, smells, sounds and marks were made […]
Shame The trees -particularly Ash and holly – look like up-turned people with their legs in the air. There are bottoms and groins, on one I draw a pair of pants with a piece of found chalk (it washes off). […]
Reflected that on my recent walks I’d increased the amount of material I had to process, the act of taking a photograph, rather than making a drawing, meant that I covered more ground, engaged less deeply with each piece I […]
SPACE The space in the forest and how it becomes occupied. The space the tree roots follow, responding to their environment, above ground, ribbon-ing down slopes, root pull and grip as they lift from the ground. Aware of time and […]
Having reviewed the previous day’s activities writing the blog I began the day with defined strategies, a sort of map of activities to follow. I recognise I’m alternating between working intuitively responding onsite, and defining parameters within which to work. […]