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Simplicity

I don’t have a very big studio – in fact it is quite small as studios go and it is crammed to the gills with materials, artwork and necessary furniture. This means that I have to be quite considered when […]

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SIMON CARTER

Simon Carter has been mentioned in my blog before in connection to my underpainting/drawing style. Simon Carter is an artist and curator from Essex. From his presentation that he gave us in February  alongside the opening of the Interim exhibition, […]

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Coronavirus Postcards

I don’t know if this was a good use of time/paint. The plan is to send hand-painted postcards to everyone I can’t see but would have done, or would have intended to, if it wasn’t for coronavirus. I’ve made sure […]

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Racing, an original painting by Neil McBride
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Racing

This small painting is part of a body of work from Yorkshire’s premier painter of crowds. Neil McBride has a well deserved place among the contemporary artists living and working in god’s own country of Yorkshire. The painting is very small but […]

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Chromatic Compass

Chromatic compass, a recent painting that encapsulates my passion for colour and geometry. Futuristic angles and vivid colours (including metallic ones , i.e., silver) both collide into a striking composition.At first glance, this paintings seem static. Yet a dynamic sense […]

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Event Exhibition

Our Colour Reflection

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  • Venue:
    Bangalore International Centre
  • From:
    November 14, 2019
  • To:
    November 25, 2019
  • Location:
    India
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Aglow

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  • Venue:
    Musée Nissim de Camondo
  • From:
    September 26, 2018
  • To:
    October 01, 2018
  • Location:
    France
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A new painting

Well I think it worked out. Went back to my default mode and made an observational drawing which enabled me to reconsider the scale and details of the flowers, among other things. Then when I went back to the painting […]

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Cultural imprint?

Playing around with stencilling onto Chinese-design wrapping paper. These are quite small experiments – approx. A5 and A4 size; thinking about culture as a kind of imprint.

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“A Title Stolen From Another Painting”

“A Title Stolen From Another Painting” is more lyrical than my usual style, yet it has its origins in some black and white minimalist collages I did before I started this project. I wanted to make something less stark but […]

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After Meeting At Michael’s It Was Mayhem

I said I may not be able to post while I’m away but I thought it would be good to make an effort so here is After Meeting At Michael’s It Was Mayhem, number 25 of 50 Collages Before Christmas. […]

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“Lao’s Time”

Apart from two pieces cut from a catalogue, the materials of this are my drawing and painting on to various materials – either recycling other work that didn’t work or made especially for collage. The title for 22/50 Collages Before […]

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“Making Up For Lost Time”

Another direction and style for number 21, Making Up For Lost Time, using mostly my photography plus a bit of created acrylic texture complimented by found graphic material. Yes the bees are mine too!

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“Two Blacks Don’t Make A White”

The title of this piece, “Two Blacks Don’t Make A White”, apart from it’s playful aspect, is purely descriptive. It is not so noticable in this reproduction, but the upper and lower forms are subtly different blacks. The upper shape […]

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“Beginner’s Mind”

Here’s what happens when the first idea doesn’t work. In most cases when I start a piece of work I have a pretty good idea of what I want to achieve and how the finished piece will look. Sure there […]

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Progress of studio work

As you can see from a previous post I started this particular piece of work like the others, and doing the same movements over and over again become boring and repetitive. So with that in mind I decided to change […]

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New space

I’m lucky to have gained a new studio  space for the final year of my MA at Suffolk University. Went in today on a non-contact day and bumped into two friends who were with me on the BA course and […]

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Childs dress,Painting and embroidery

This work was inspired by a vintage child’s dress belonging to my daughter which reminds me of dresses I had when I was a child.I have been working on this piece for quite some time as most of the work […]

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