SUGAR AND SPICE 22 AUGUST-4TH SEPTEMBER, DEVON HOUSE, ST KATHARINE DOCKS E1 @PLASTICP1, @STKATS TUESDAY, 26 JULY 2016 Being not terribly technical or sure how these things work I find myself amused/bemused that I suddenly seem to have a bunch […]
This is the paper I presented to the symposium at Both Ends of Madness yesterday: It is a discussion of my approach to my painting She Walks Slowly into the Leith without a Boatman to guide Her . Phoenix Egg […]
TAKING ADVICE FROM GRAYSON PERRY @OPENARTSPACES @PLASTICP1 @NORTHENDROAD Taking the advice of Grayson Perry to take every opportunity that comes along sometimes leaves me feeling a bit exhausted and disenchanted…and then… Sometimes when you are just wondering if it was […]
WEDNESDAY, 29 JUNE 2016 So on Friday I will be taking my piece in to Folkestone for the aptly titled show, “Both Ends of Madness”. While the current political climate may make this title appear to be social commentary it […]
I have been putting together and framing the work for the Open Studios coming up, the work is framed, the statement written, the lists are being done, the publicity is to be picked up on Wednesday and distributed. And to […]
This week is an admin week. So this week I am pleased to have been offered membership of Plastic Propaganda, and so am preparing the documentation necessary for their website etc. I have an Open Studios coming up with […]
What are the lost stories of Oblivion and Rememberance? Completed work In a life, in a culture, in an individual? And what does it mean when you have no access to or power over who you are? When […]
So I have been sorting, mounting,framing pricing and wrapping prints ready for the Fortunate Events Sale on Friday at the Bald Faced Stag, East Finchley. And working on my 3D piece to submit for the next plastic propaganda […]
She is walking slowly into the Leith… oil indigo and sugar on canvass, 1m x 1m, work in progress So I am working on these pieces building up layers of pigment and darkness dealing with stories from the trade in […]
I have started work on some pieces related to the indigo trade. A trade so tied up with the history of colonialism, forced labour, monopoly practice and darkness. It is possible to buy fair traded indigo now for what […]
This has been a busy week, getting the work ready and nerves steady and down to St Katherine’s dock for the Nautical Perspectives Plastic Propaganda show. Exhibition on now! Then getting on with some new work playing […]
Sitting at our kitchen table where she has sat hundreds of times before Padma says “I am lost”. Continuing with research into the history of global sea trade, especially early trade in spice, dyes, fabric and sugar and confirm […]
This week and for the next few weeks I am really busy just making and organising things for the summer when I have a series of events coming up: I am making a plinth for on of my pieces […]
I am feeling delighted that I have been selected for the “Nautical Perspectives” exhibition to be held at Commodities House, St Katherine’s Dock, between 1st and 15th of May. I will be showing 3 works which are concerned with the […]
My work is a project, the Art From London Markets Project, a reflection of our relationship to food in London explored through art, image making, community interactive events, installations and blogging both as a record of the project and as part […]
Combining my research with the school holidays I take my smallest child with me. My smallest loves street food, so this week at her request we visted Borough Market. It is her favourite of the markets she has come to […]
Recently I have been working on a series where the narative is that of the origins of international trade of food stuffs, rather than the personal narative of market users. Last summer we spent a fantastic afternoon walking though the […]
So there is this magical thing, the way that we tell stories, the way we project ourselves into the lives of others and the way that those stories reflect back at us. There is the moment a baby recognises his […]
Broken reflections artfromlondonmarkets.blogspot.com artfromlondonmarkets.com National Gallery pocketarts.com Happily I find myself with an unexpected extra day to work on Tuesday 5th March. Virtuously thinking I would take this day to the DIY that needs doing: fixing the boxing […]
I went to the National Gallery Early Renaisance Galleries (No51 to 65) to look for food imagery as a way of exploring the history of ideas about food and in particular friuit. So what do you find on such a […]
There is something about the creative process as I experience it, a process of collecting and bringing together which starts out quite chaotic and then clarifies as gradually distinctions and clarifications appear. So it is with water gilding: […]
Since the last post there has been half term, and that combined with pouring boiling water from the kettle onto my hand while cooking has meant this has been a week of very little art production. I’ve been doing […]
