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A Critique of a Critique: A moment…or two for contemplation

Sketches and videos the art of wandering

The Elephant and Castle This has occupied my attention in the latter part of 2013 and I’m wanting to explore the creative links between the theatrical tradition of melodrama and what can loosely be termed as the “horror” genre in […]

The Light Water This turquoise painting began its journey at the start of this month. It now has about 3 – 4 layers on it. When painting the first layer, the paint started to ‘sink’ towards the middle of the […]

After giving a little of my background, and informing about an area of theory which relates to my work, I feel as though it is about time that I started to post more of what I am currently doing, how […]

Well I am sure that you are more than fed up with the amount of text so far, (I know I am) so I have decided to upload some short clips of what I have been working on, and some […]

Another back-lit projection through my draft carrier-bag screen. Footage: Although I set out to break-up the image in some way, I’m not pleased with how opaque the screen is in some areas. If I decide that I am going to […]

I have recently tried to make a time-lapse of a selection of herbs growing from seed. Although it doesn’t relate to my submersive idea, I thought it would be a good video to test on my recycled fabric screen. Footage: […]

An Experiment with materials. Since the beginning of this project I had a set vision of painting realist portraits. After a very useful and informative critical review of my work with some fellow peers and tutors, it was suggested that […]

Connecting with nature are our sensory skills with nature dissappearing? This next qoute reminds us of sight, sound, smell, touch, feel, emotions,… “I have always loved the beach. The smell of the salty water, the wind in my face, the […]

I have recently been looking my holly wells park images, along with my tutor. We separated them into groups of themes where I looked at more sculptural pieces, which I was less interested in, and then looked at a walking […]

Over the past week or so I have been working on some video pieces of me removing my makeup and trying to capture how I feel when removing my makeup. For me it is as if I am uncovering my […]

Over the past week I have been experimenting on a small scale. Looking at the portrayal of the park photographs and how I am depicting them. In many of the small experimentations I have used acrylic and watercolour, applying one […]

Last night I was experimenting on small scale with a painting of a close up textured photograph from the park. I started to paint onto a scraped grey background and then add pen detail on top. I was really pleased […]

I found this fascinating article on the Brain Pickings site yesterday – timely, and relevant to what I’ve been thinking about recently, while in the process of sorting. One of the most striking things about revisiting stuff from my past […]

In this post i want to show some images of my work that has and is developing as my research is deepened. I have found many things about animal testing that i did not know before and this has already […]

An exhibition curated by three of our students showcasing work by themselves and fellow students, please come along to the private view or any day that you can and show your support. “This exhibition investigates the role of artisanal sensibilities […]

Yinka Shonibare was another artist I studied whilst doing my Dissertation. Although there are many I admire I think he is quite probabally a favorite of mine. Yinka Shonibare MBE is well known for his exploration of colonialsim and post […]

What is ‘Kundalini awakening’? ~ It’s a physical, mental and emotional evolution that can take place tremendously fast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini#Kundalini_awakening At the time i felt i must be having a ‘nervous breakdown’ – but rather than take the advice of many […]

**Idea** 24th February 2014 I did a list of Art is a.. Here are some explanations for why I chose these words. Bare in mind I am not saying these statements are what Art is; I am simply questioning and […]

Recently I discovered this artist, called Klari Reis. She uses techniques of science in her work. Here is a quote from the artist’s website: ‘she is driven by a curiosity and her desire to explore and document the natural and […]

All spirtual traditions teach the same things, using different words. Hence why we are drawn to either this or that, depending on which have a personal resonance for us. We tend to focus of the differences rather than the similarites, […]