Further to my acknowledgement of people who help you out or even have molded your development as an artist. I would like to thank Chrissie Nicholls, a more established artist than me and a good friend. Her advice and honest opinion and direct coaching, through drawing, have changed my perspective on my art practice. We differ quite widely in our approach to art, but a meeting with her always provokes a gear change in my practice.
I wore my a t-shirt with ARTIST stencilled on the back whilst training on the track as I do every Tuesday night. This felt a good thing to do and part of the cross over I am trying to make between the art and the sport in my life. Of course there were comments from my running friends and some humour and maybe some understanding too.
I have got a quote on PR for ‘jography’ and I see now I will have to change the overall amount I am asking for.
Last night I was trying to understand how anyone can run over 26 miles in just over two hours. To help I drew martin Lel. You can see how slight and light he is but even so it doesn’t seem possible to be able to run that fast. It is his job I suppose but I know if I trained every day for years I wouldn’t be capable of that speed now or even when I was his age. Some people are made differently.
