I just wanted to round off this blog as it has now ran it’s course. My residency has ended and I have moved away from Stevenage, as I mentioned in my last post. For this blog, I focused on my studio work and the development of my painting over a 12 month period. I think it has developed, and it is much clearer in my mind what I am doing now. Having been a resident artist too has been a really good experience, and having that time to focus on my work has really helped me, and it came at just the right time. As well as pushing on the development of my work, I got tons of really useful experience in the classroom which was really great.
So now that’s all over, what next? Over the last 5 or so years, I knew that at somepoint I would want to do an MA. In my 3rd year at uni, I knew I wasn’t ready, I thought at the time that I would spend a year developing my work and then go and do one, but I soon realised that it was too soon and I wasn’t ready. I didn’t want to waste the MA by doing it too early, and I wanted to explore other opportunities and really try to have some decent eperiences behind me before before going back into education. I remember all the MA discussions on here last year, I think that helped me loads even though I posted no comments, it was good reading. I was kind of sure that for me, it was time to apply last year, and I even did one of those portfolio prep courses, which was expensive, but really useful and helped me loads. At that point I remember trying to convince myself not to bother applying, which in turn made me realise that it was the right time for me to take the plunge, so I did. It seems like an age since I had my interview and got offered a place way back in May. I’m now just getting everything ready and preparing myself and reading and going to degree shows.
Thanks for reading, I will return with a new blog soon.
