show time again – have cut & paste blurb from mail out below. If anyone coming to Folkestone – please pop in. First time in 7 years for solo showing. xxxxx I will be showcasing ‘OVUM’, a new work in […]
Another week of sorting. The studio is starting to feel like somewhere that I can work – though I have to move a couple of things so that I can set up ‘an idea’ I have had. It is interesting […]
‘So What?’was playing in the background whilst I was working on this. The question, like the music, is insistent. I placed the words next to the bird, looking back at me.
Shadow Portraits ‘M’as -Tu Vue’ by Sophie Calle has arrived today – a book that I’ve been meaning to get for a long time. Her work fascinates me, she’s nosey and quirky, a brilliant combination. I’ve been busy remaking Tom’s […]
Congratulations to Leo Fitzmaurice on winning the 2011 Northern Art Prize!
Published today on The Guardian’s Culture professionals blog.
Gasworks, London
7 October – 11 December 2011
After the degree Show Oct 11 The Degree Show finished towards the end of June and then over the first 4 weeks I focused on entering formal competitions: New Sensations, The Jerwood Drawing Prize & Great Britons. I also made […]
After completing my oil paintings so that they are dry in time for Monday…I have FINALLY managed to get round to having a go with the modelling paste! I did a quick canvas painting using the acrylic paint, modelling paste […]
Rip it up and start again. Now I’m back at home after being back at home, and the clarity comes and goes as the fatigue goes and comes. I didn’t realise how much I needed to go until I was […]
Four days in New York.
Today I have been doing work on the dreaded ‘evaluation document’ that will be marked alongside the grad show at the end of the academic year. It is a 6000 word illustrated essay discussing our practice. I have been researching […]
It’s sunny, the rock I’m sat on is warm and I can see pretty far. It’s a view point so there are a few people milling around. The rock is just off the path and huge, wide and flat it […]
I’ve been without my sketch books for a week while they’ve been in college for assessors to look at. I missed them. It’s like losing something, but you can’t remember what. I’ve been wandering about the house tutting and sighing […]
Sponsorship money…. we’ve been given some! Yeah – crack open the bubbly !! …well, maybe not go that far, but it would be nice to at least acknowledge having a little success. Now I’m wondering if I hadn’t written the […]
It’s been a long time since I wrote this blog. This project has been in the back of mind for many many years. I accept it takes a long time to get a large scale project like this off the […]
