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Following the arrival of more tables in the workshop area I am now able to have work in progress lying around and move from piece to piece. I have finished 5 large scale pieces in the last couple of weeks and I am well on the way to narrowing down the images for final exhibition/book/website. Somewhat worryingly I have been unable to contact the publishers but I will persist as I need to know whether I am going to end up producing the book myself which will require me working even faster on the exhibition work!! Finding a website template I actually like is also proving frustrating but I just dont have the time to build my own with my limited web skills and dont have the money to work with a designer.

The big question of what I am going to do next is still looming but fortunately it is idling away in the back of my mind and gradually generating ideas so I will no doubt have some concrete project ideas in the next month or so and can begin searching for suitable residencies to apply them to. I dont intend to put an idea together in a rush to meet a deadline as this does not allow the full potential of the idea to show through in the application so i intend to have an idea in place and then begin looking and applying for appropriate residencies/exhibitions.


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No sooner than I posted the last blog and help arrived! The gallery has employed help in the form of Katie Martin who will be here on a months contract, which gives me the hands free time needed to crack on with some work. I have completed one section of my large canvas piece and I have had some lovely effects using wood varnish, I am currently waiting for paint remover to take hold so that I can assess the effect it has on varnished photographs and canvas.

This week we have hung a fantastic new show by Manos Kalamenios (http://www.madebymanos.com/), Shelby Sandyford-Sykes and Colette Gambell which has proved both inspirational and damaging to my finances!! I curated the shop area by myself and have had a lot of positive feedback.


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