Well – it’s seemed a long haul at times, but today I finished putting on the white stuff, and tomorrow I collect my stuff from store.
I have forgotten just how much I have, and some judicious ‘weeding out’ may be necessary: the studio’s not quite as big as my former one. But it’s all mine, and I won’t be paying rent to unreliable landlords any more.
I can’t wait to get back to painting – there are 2 boards all ready and waiting, and more on the way.
I was really disappointed with the 2013 Fine Art Graduate show: too much stuff unfinished or un-thought-out. No bravery, no new ideas. Why is this happening? Especially as the new graduates are supposed to be the ‘hope for the future’. If this is so, something needs to be done: it’s unacceptable that the provincial colleges still languish in the shade of the London art schools as much, or more, than they did 20, 30 , 40 years ago!
