There’s something really powerful about being impulsive or spontaneous. My practice seems to rely on impulsivity, rarely is a recent work pre-planned. There’s something interesting about pulling whatever material seems to be in front of me, like a take away […]
Still painting; it has something to do with the time of year, when there is colour about. Painting makes me anxious; I feel overwhelmed at times by the theory and discourse around painting; is it ok to paint? what does […]
Last Friday’s preview was a mix of great company alongside a compelling display of ‘New Generation Landscape Art’ allowing viewers to explore the complexities of interpreting landscape and the world we live in. My new solo show ‘A Question of […]
A trip to Leeds last week proved absolutely exhilarating with such a wide selection of amazing art particularly The Tetley’s new exhibition ‘Painting in Time’.
Oil Pastel, Pencil, Felt Tip, Emulsion, Oil and Watercolour on Canvas 59 x 90 x 4.5 March 2015 There is almost always a painting once considered finished underneath my works. They have been painted over. Sometimes completely, sometimes enough […]
As I may have said before, now and again I feel drawn towards painting and for a long time I have wanted to work with wax – I remember making a wax house during my BA which is a long […]
My first solo show will take place at the cool Bankley Gallery in Levenshulme, Manchester (in-between the city centre & Didsbury). With its Preview on Fri 15th May & opening on Saturdays 11-5pm until 30th May.
The winner of the east end’s very own prize for painting has been announced from a shortlist of 23 artists who live or work in east London Boroughs.
I make paintings that reference pictorial qualities associated with landscapes and sometimes portraits, but with no conscious intension to do so. They all seem like simplified versions of something else, or partially covered versions. I’m interested in surface tension, build […]
As the technologies grow within our culture the more they appear within our social participations. The use of lighting effects in entertainment arenas is commonplace and goes perhaps unnoticed as to the amount used to heighten the effects of the […]
A blog that will follow my practice starting from my final submission of second year at Northumbria University and finishing at my final year degree show.
Affected by migraine since childhood. I recently found that I could control the pain I was experiencing by using acupuncture. Sometimes if you go to visit somewhere they have a map of attractions. You press a button on the display […]
Charcoal, Emulsion and Watercolour on Canvas 59 x 90 x 4.5 March 2015 The title refers to a variety of meanings. In one sense it refers to the notion of covering up, hiding or closing something. I also like […]
Urban Desires Quite often I work on a number of pieces at the same time. Currently I have a very big painting on the way, but because of various reasons, I can’t currently proceed with it. Normally it’s to do […]
I’m really interested in the idea of ‘found paintings’. Coming across painterly incidents within the non-art arena of functional painting. Within badly painted fences and botched half jobs I see shapes and compositions that are really interesting when viewed in […]
Artist exploration of own identity, vulnerability and shared experiences.
These are the mixed media pieces i created at the end of this project, but i still feel there is a long way to go in this project. These responses i have created are an end to the project so […]
Brook and I have had several interesting conversations during the past few days – I’m finding it hard to make time to edit them, but have uploaded the second today on Vimeo (Vimeo.com/patwilsonsmith Conversation#2:Self, Feminism & the Anthropocene) Negotiating this […]
