This year has been heavy on administration and a bit light on making. Having had some success with the promotion I have decided to have a concentrated period of making, and have started on a series of works under the […]
When you visit a place for the first time in the sunshine there is a sense that you feel like a tourist, especially when that place is pretty and rural. While walking around Corby Glen prompted memories of my childhood […]
So yesterday was the take down at the APT for the Creekside Open the gallery was very pleased with the show and the turn out, and did a lovely last day thing, providing us with tea and cake so that […]
Hurray it’s the bank holiday weekend and the sun is shining. This weekend on Saturday I’m going to help Rachel Dein on her stall at Chelsea Flower Show which is always enjoyable, her work is so lovely. Then on Sunday […]
Please come along to the APT Gallery, 6 Creekside, London SE8 4SA on sat 6th May at 3pm. I have work selected for this show and this is the opening and prize giving, I’d love to see you there.
Today is the day I wrap the work due in Deptford on Tuesday. The APT have encouraged all artists not to share images of the work selected until the actual show, so not too many photos this week. To improve […]
This week started with confirmation that I have a block of paid work for six weeks which will be great for my finances. I had had an awful week the week before, but this week, this week kept getting better […]
This week started with confirmation that I have a block of paid work for six weeks which will be great for my finances. I had had an awful week the week before, but this week, this week kept getting better […]
This week I got the delightful news that I will be having a show in a small public gallery in Lincolnshire in 2019. I will be producing a body of work directly related to place and lost memories. This is […]
This week started with the Talented Art Fair, I spent the whole weekend talking about my work with the visitors and meeting other artists. I was delighted that Conrad Carvalho came along and brought visitors. The Fair was really well […]
Starting new stories. New work, stage one the base layer, started today, yellow ochre, chromium oxide and C Robeson matt glaze medium in various concentrations. 1x1m The smoggy rays of morning got me experimenting on some small 10x10cm boards […]
Alone in a wine dark sea WIP 1x1m traditional pigments and oil painting media, hand mixed Having spent the largest share of last year working in indigo with all its rich potential for tone and its heavily laden role within […]
Come along tonight 6th December 6-8 and meet the artists The work entitled Bedload part 1 and 2 started in the summer when the A20 was blocked and instead of heading off to Kent, my daughter and I diverted to […]
So finally I seem to have merged from the flu fog. I have completed some new works this week, and got a load of admin done ready for two shows coming up in December The Thames: The ARTery of London […]
Having been quite excited by some of the connections which have come out of Parallax I have been knocked sideways by a horrible bug, and stuck with a fuzzy brain and floppy body, which leaves me challenged by a few […]
PARALLAX- HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? @PARALLAXARTFAIR @ASHLEIGHDIX Well given that about a third of the people I spoke to at Parallax were other artists wondering about whether they should take a still next time I thought I’d write a […]
The indigo works that I am showing at Chelsea come from a series addressing the question of sense making with diminished information. Indigo has been at the heart of global trade since it began, it is mentioned in Pliny, as […]
This week I have been fiddling about with media, thinking about the lost girl series, experimenting, and attempting to complete Fulham Leith. The darker evenings, and the greater contrast in light between night and day makes me realise that […]
SUNDAY, 28 AUGUST 2016 Happily, given that the deadline is fast approaching the hot weather has speeded up the drying of my surfaces (at least to a workable dry) and I have been able to work on this piece […]
I am making a new work for a private show I have been invited to put on in an unusual venue. Situated by the river near Fulham Palace I am making one new piece which is site specific to the […]
SUGAR AND SPICE AND SOUTHERN LIGHT SHIFTING INTO NORTHERN VASTENESS SUNDAY, 21 AUGUST 2016 All the work is delivered and hung and ready to view at Sugar and Spice. come along and meet the artists on Tuesday 6-8pm. While down […]
SUGAR AND SPICE WWW.PLASTICPROPAGANDA.CO.UK, @PLASTICP1, @PLASTICPROPAGANDA, @STKATS @WAPPINGLONDON @CITYOFLONDON THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2016 Yesterday the sun shine was on my side as I added the last coat of paint to my plinth for Mr Equines scales, so now just a […]
So pleased to be showing in this show, and to have my piece on the publicity! Press Release: SUGAR AND SPICE – PLASTIC PROPAGANDA’S LATEST EXHIBITION Devon House, St Katharine’s Way St Katharine Docks London E1 21 August to 4th […]
