Artist’s notes

Thursday evening: managed to get to Sevenoaks for the private view of Beta, despite the pelting rain. I hate driving in heavy rain when its dark. The PV was well attended and I caught up with some of the other artists who I hadn’t seen for a while. Joanna, DAD codirector and friend, took me out for a lovely meal afterwards to celebrate my “first” show.

It was really exciting to step into the gallery and see the work outside the studio, properly lit, as a viewer: for that very brief moment, the work did not feel like mine – in the sense that it had its own existence, separate from mine.

Friday: All day in Dunkerque with other East Kent arts organisations attending a workshop and getting to know French counterparts. Dunkerque is going to be the Regional capital of culture in 2013 and they are getting ready now. There could be some really exciting possibilities for DAD.

Today I’ve been updating the DAD website. Also walked the dog and let him off his lead for the first time in 2 months after a rather nasty accident resulting in him cutting all the tendons in his foot.

So today I set up my work at the Kaleidoscope Gallery in Sevenoaks – There are a few of us blogging on here who have work in Exhibition [beta]. For me it is exciting as its the first time I’ve had work accepted by open submission – and the proposal, though very short, was one of the clearest I’ve ever written. There has to be a connection in there somewhere.

Note to self: remember to take camera next time. This is a rather blurry image taken with my mobile phone camera.

I managed also to finish my short videos – 7 in all, rather than 6. It took me ages but it has been interesting to try and make the process of evaluation and recording an event a creative one.