When I’m stuck inside writing, I spend what is left of my afternoons drawing things. It isn’t the same as drawing living, moving beings and I struggle to animate myself and the marks I make paper. The last two days […]
MOOGZ is an ethical hacker who specialises in (legitimate and pre-authorised) attacks on nuclear installations and government facilities. He is also a sound artist who uses the sounds of the internet and everyday life to create sonic landscapes. Our conversation […]
December Days December is always the month where we spend a little time looking backwards to look forwards isn’t it? This year is made doubly so as I look back at Drawing Songs for my own sake and for the […]
Curated by Alistair Hicks at The In and Out, a prestigious private members club in Mayfair, this exhibition reveals Joana Galego and Marcus Cope’s latest paintings.
Multi-Award Winning Laura I. Art Gallery CIC is pleased to invite you to our Annual Benefit Online Silent Auction and celebrate the end of a successful year of programms.
Margaret and I welcome you to our joint Christmas Sale, two creative studios in Bishop’s Stortford, one venue! I will have a variety of art available including: Coloured Pencil Illustrations Floral and Landscape Watercolours Acrylics paintings Originals and prints Abstract […]
After researching various artists, I came across Nan Goldin. She has been mentioned several times in connection to my artworks (mostly photography) with the feeling that can be felt from the photos which influenced me to go take a look […]
I’d had my booster jab the day before and I still felt a little crap but I went drawing anyway. I need to. The coffee shop has begun interspersing Christmas songs into their usual muzak. I don’t mind. It was […]
My Walks My walks have an element of Forest Bathing it is true, I have grown to need the whole woodland experience. The feeling of walking through the forest is very important. Not walking around it, looking at it from […]
There are times when the weather cannot deter me from travelling to and being in the studio. I am a woman on a mission and things need to get done and I need to be there to do them. And […]
I have long admired, and been more than a little envious of, artists who are able to gather their practice around a single word, phrase, or concept. Not only does this concise summary of a practice ease communication but in […]
How the river flows in and out, how we use this in our industry and how it feels when we swim.
My first blog concerns the Thames lighters sunken near St.Peters Flat in Essex.
How they change over time, how the sea changes their form, function and appearance.
Hi. I have a situation I am seeking a bit of advice on. My mother Amelia Hastings (now deceased) was a professional artist and many years ago was commissioned by Rohald Dahl to do a portrait of his daughter who […]
In my next open studio I want to put out work for handling by visually impaired visitors – 3D work that can be held in the hands, worked in concrete, wood and tagua. Does anyone have any suggestions as to […]
(The above images are my illustration of the Catacol Whitebeam alongside the Herbarium Specimen from Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh) The Catacol Whitebeam the most endangered plant species in Britain, with only one or two living specimens known, and although it […]
The above image shows the notes that I made in the Crit that we had yesterday – which was extremely helpful, productive and affirming for me. Crits are an area that I felt that I have really grown in this […]
In time for the Level 5 and 6 crit yesterday, I was experimenting with different exhibition layouts – baring the works of Susan Hiller very much in mind whilst working on this. Hiller’s layouts were very inspired by the objects […]
Update: 08/06/22: This was the final drawing that I used the dip pen for, as it just didn’t work and ended up making more imperfections on the page, and was far too difficult to use to be practical. I was given […]
