After months of isolation we crave togetherness, yet seasonal music festivals are a no no. The Selecter, whose 2-Tone music sought to defuse racial tensions in Thatcher’s Britain, remind us of our humanity. Relevant then as now. Different media, different sides of live music.
I have no clear understanding where I stop and my children begin, this is mirrored Through object in that I am the house, the kitchen, the bath, the dogs, the bitty Lego carpet and my un made bed.
A lockdown project exchanging artwork with other artists, displaying it and discussing the process.
Musings from my attic studio during COVID Lockdown.
My Time Space Money project will look at the rise in domestic abuse and violence against women during lockdown in the UK.
Reflection 2nd and 3rd Mentoring (I’m confused it might only be 2nd!)
Curated by artist Colette Lilley, participants were selected who work with drawing and who are active on instagram
2020 first quarter was shaping up to be very busy in my small studio, where I have been teaching one-to-one workshops in contemporary encaustic wax for a few years.
Drawings created while walking repetitively around the outside of the house
Since so many of us globally are confined to our homes and gardens because of Covid-19 pandemic. I thought it would be an opportune time for self-reflection, hence the title, ‘Confessions of a Garden Hermit’.
Having been a nurse for the last 3 months as My partner became Ill and went in to hospital I have had to …………………….reassess my self
Art and environment – where art is used to connect people with nature
Walk through the process of creating a mural from start to finish
Strategies for creativity when the world is in chaos
“How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way,
Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?”
Commissioned as artist of the north to work with environmental organizations to help protect some of the most endangered species in England.
I started this visual diary at the end of February, as part of the creative process for a new Solo performance piece. The aim of this visual diary was to reflect on that short but intense period and to share some aspects of the process as it has flourished.
This week on the blog, I calm down and get reflective after a month or two of slightly frenzied painting output.
And actually get around to writing on my blog.
I know. It’s been a while.
This summer I’m experimenting with non human drawings. Paper is taped to a hanging tray and a pen placed above that in free movement. The tray is loaded with enticing bird treats. The wind and the birds make the drawings.
An exploration into the desexualised accumulation of female forms
I have spent months addressing the perception of the female. That a woman with intelligence is powerful. That a woman with power is dangerous. That a woman must be stopped from thinking about power. That a woman must be stopped […]
Convid-19 has stopped flights. Will cheap flights start again after lockdown? – Should they? I think not. For 10 years I have worked with a theme of flying. Can I go on?
Research into the power of play and how I can bring this into my practise
working with an online community i orchestrated an interactive documentary (idoc) about walking through the pandemic.
the project has been gratefully supported by a grant from arts council england emergency response fund
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