My progress has been phenominal since I had the opportunity to use this large unit through ‘Point Blank’ an organisation who have access to empty spaces, when businesses have left or stopped trading and the landlords, (bless their souls) support creatives like myself and makers or theatre groups by allowing temporary use of the premises until such times that they can be let.
I am fortunate because without it I would be cramped in my tiny attic conversion with the danger of running out of space as my work piles up in readiness for my exhibition ‘Veltas Journey Displaced’
My output has been incredible and I can only put it down to the space I am using and the intensive energy I can devote solely to my art! I would highly recommend any artist/creative/theatre group or individual to contact Point Blank (contact me for details) if they are in the Midlands Area and in need of temporary premises.
For one off use there is possibilty of no charge whatsoever, whilst more regular use may mean a very modest charge towards utilities. The units are so large where I am based that it is possible to even share the same unit and never get in each others way!
When I moved in I had the idea of completing two works per month and I have happily gone way passed that tentative target! The way my imagination is leading me through my mothers memoirs has resulted in overlapping styles. This, I deduce is because there has been much lateral thinking on my part about the means to portray the violence, the bloodshed, displacement and the politics artistically without resorting to the obvious blood and guts and finger pointing.
In my images I want to show my personal interpretation of all these elements with an artistically created backcloth of paintings and drawings which have adhered to Veltas story.
