Thinking about the importance of the idea brings me on to addressing Sol LeWitt. He produced a series of Wall Drawings, developed from an idea. LeWitt wrote instructions (representing the idea) for assistance to pacifically follow to produce the Wall […]
Seven poets joined me on the final afternoon of my Pantechnicon show at ArcadeCardiff. Nearly all of us have worked together before in some way and I have come to rely on our collaborations to help me make sense of […]
a week to the first application deadline. how am i fixed? i feel good about where i am with the application. i’ve done some research, made conversations and taken time to write my concept. i have time to record myself […]
We perceive text in our everyday mostly through instructions or alerts that make us function in systems or structures, knowingly or unconsciously. Since I started investigating language I made a range of site-specific text-based works. By applying lettering to office, […]
This morning, as it’s my day off, I sat in bed with a cup of tea and read a pile of artists talking blogs. It was good to catch up. I don’t always comment, but that doesn’t mean I don’t […]
Found a stone and told me to smile Part 2 Brooklyn subway 2 days later on a busy New York subway, I saw a woman wearing the same seed on a chain placed on her neck. I was shocked as […]
I was asked to give a talk at the Ipswich Art society about my work. The event came at a good time for me as I was about to start my blog and this would a good opportunity to have […]
The fuel that have kept me engrossed over the years of exploring project 5am has been that this fleeting moment was the first time that I had experience the state of “being” in its purest form. “Before” that my perception […]
I’ve been busy recently, completing the new series on aluminium in my studio at Magdalen Road, printmaking at Oxford Printmakers, preparing some new videos for a show in St Petersburg and completing some large paintings for a show at the […]
While doing my dissertation I came across the term intersectionality which definition is described as the study of intersections between different disenfranchised groups or groups of minorities. This term captured the process of my project as I was exploring an […]
Part of the joy of being an artist (at least until you hit the big time) is the neccessity of having a ‘portfolio career’. Circumstantially, I wear a lot of hats and one of these is as Sudborough Green Lodge […]
i am currently studying at ucs, i am in my third year doing a degree in fine art
I made it into the studio this week – finally! Virus behind me, sons’ exams over – a clear day for myself and nine solid, solitary hours of sorting and rearranging. Just a few stray bits and pieces piled up […]
A new, historically sensitive space at Edinburgh’s former City Observatory on Calton Hill expands Collective’s programme of Scottish and international work.
Found a stone and told me to smile Part 1: 2010 London Victoria I was in the area on my day off from work buying travel items for a trip to Brooklyn a day later. I was crossing a zebra […]
Second chapter. Westminster Reference Library. In reverse it started with an opening and performative collective reading. It made me realise how much I have worked on in the first part of my residency (November 2013) including large scale installation photographs, […]
Artists working with Museums I was intrigued to see a number of recent FB and twitter posts marketing multiple-choice options for the public to select what museum an artist should work with. The Connect 10 vote is a social media […]
My previous research into artists creating and deconstructing museums (in week 53) has led me to consider the ways in which artists have intervened in museums, either through being commissioned to respond to the collection, creating interpretive works, or sometimes […]
I have been experiencing a feeling of panic this week. I made a rash decision to book my flight to Berlin, just to feel like I was taking decisive action. Anyway, 11th March is the date set for my journey. […]
**Idea** I had an idea! This idea is to buy some glass vials/bottles from the shop that have cork plugs. Every time I have an idea, I am going to write it onto a piece of rizzla and place it […]
To start this new post christmas term, my research will begin with Cy Twombly. Twombly was a big influence in my work during the first term of last year and helped me progress technically. This quote from his website defines […]
From the last two years doing my degree I feel my technical ability with portraiture is getting a lot stronger, and I would like to create something for the degree that is different to what I’ve done before. I think […]
I don’t really know how much I should write here anymore… I have been warned that this could get me into trouble… legally handcuffed. A sense of fear prevails at work… an apathy… the stench of defeat… people broken and […]
Recipes for Dyeing Rangers, Gardeners and Estate Workers, have all been intrigued by my water experiments. A weaver from the island was called up regarding natural dyes; black oak galls were suggested. Gardeners checked the estate inventory, sadly no Quercus […]
I have always seen gardening as a lovely way to pass time in the outdoors. Watching, over time, as a seed miraculously turns into a magnificent plant of amazing beauty… even the ‘weeds’. A few years ago an artist friend […]
