I looked through my sketchbooks from Saturday and remembered the people I drew. I leave it a day to revisit my work. Paul Hogarth wouldn’t look at his drawings for three days after making them. A good practice, I think. […]
It’s nearly time for the upcoming Bishops Stortford Art Society Exhibition, we are setting up tomorrow morning and opening on Tuesday. This painting “A Whispered Promise” is now ready and prepped for the event, we hope to see some of […]
The latest online life drawing session run by Gary Long at the School of Painting, St Ives was a real treat! The model was dressed and posed in the style of some of Egon Schiele’s clothed models, a true privilege. Gary Long introduced me […]
An a-n Artist Bursary funded my research into vulnerable South Coast wetlands.
Working in abstraction often makes meaning more difficult to explain in terms of its literal presentation, use of material, and the representation of ‘something’. These challenges, coupled with the limits of human perception, are fascinating and this project seeks to […]
Research Project for final project for my MFA at Nottingham Trent University
One major piece of feedback that I have had from my tutorials, has all been to get everything that’s in my head about my project (all of my tasks, people to talk to etc) onto paper, so I have finally […]
I made a long journey over these last few days and my drawing was, inevitably, restricted to the faces and bodies that shared those brief pitstops at motorways services with me. They are bleak places, particularly in the early mornings. […]
It is rare that I feel good about making funding applications. The process usually leaves me feeling inadequate to say the least. As I approach submitting my application for next year’s artists’ awards I feel if not confident (that would […]
This image is the current progress that I have made on my drawing of the Catacol Whitebeam drawing. There are, of course, a few teething problems with getting back into using the pen and ink method again, such as the […]
Looking at sea glass and pebbles and wondering whether to experiment with something that changes quicker into another form. If we look at sea glass and pebbles they get worn down over a long period of time but with leaves, […]
I am very conscious of the fact that all of my drawings take a very long time to complete, due to the highly detailed nature of them, and that my output of work does need to increase somewhat, if I […]
Karen Eng is a writer and artist who works in both analogue and digital media. She has experimented with VR, blockchain and NFTs, and is especially interested in art as a catalyst for innovation, cooperation and creating communities. My conversation […]
I think its Beech Trees that have this burnt orange glow that produces an immersive overall effect that is very powerful. I have been walking in the woods a lot recently with the colours getting richer by the day, where […]
On the 3rd of November, I had the chance to have a tutorial with an artist Ann-Marie James. The possibility to have a tutorial with another artist than my lecturers was really helpful as getting a fresh view on my […]
Cool water. Reflective, impenetrable. It reluctantly catches the limpid light. But I can still feel the cold seeping, creeping. The rats. They gather together by the banks. Trembling amongst the paper cups and crisp packets. Sheltered from the damp of […]
The exhibition has come down now. It went well. I expect I will write more as I spend the next month or so evaluating and collating and putting together the images and video for a short documentary. The making of […]
I am preparing for a display and sale of my artworks at my studio in Bishop’s Stortford in December. My stepmother Margaret Gardiner Ceramics will be prepping her studio right next door with a wide selection of pottery for sale […]
