Madness ensues.
Life is more hectic than ever before – Work with Liverpool Biennial is hotting up and the pace is getting fast now, been working with David Bade, a Dutch artist based in Curacao and Holland who is documenting life in Seaforth via sketches and paintings. It's been a fab experience seeing how a professional artist works, his 'portraits' are not realsitic by any stretch of the imagination but he talks to people in a community, hears their stories and then paints them after they have walked away – an impression, a memory of their conversation. Fascinating.
College is obviously getting hectic – half term (or reading week as it's officially termed) I read! A LOT!
Researching for my thesis, so much reading is involved but I know what angle I want to take, where I'd like to take it and basically what format to process the research at least. Now I have to conduct interviews and set up a questionnaire probably online but first I have to decide which questions I want to know the answers to.
I know one question I want answered. 'When will I get my life back?' or 'When I can I get on with the joy of being an artist?' Ok, so that's two questions but one answer for both undoubtedly.
I have almost finished a site specific elective maquette, based on a map of Sefton Park – it's looking ok so far I think. It was quite difficult cutting the shapes out of plywood but its done! Have to take it down to the park and photograph it in situ too.
