Upcoming Supermarket Art Fair – StockholmMonday (1/2/2010): sent David and Lucy most of the new images and updates for my website, the only thing I didn’t send was a new ‘artist’s statement’. I was good to see what I’ve done […]
The last post I made, and peoples’ reactions to it, beg several questions. “Have I given up? Am I really in despair?”. “What does it mean to be in the ‘best 3%’ of artists?”. “Why do I want to be […]
How We Live began life as a small exhibition featuring the work of three artists whose work had co-incidentally found a natural confluence. As that exhibition draws to a close How We Live has become something more to all of […]
Well due to the moving housewhich happened at Christmas I have had no internet hence no blog so here’s the story so far. I ended last module with a black and white film of a collection of images around an […]
Writing about Becky Mills (she’s also my studio partner and a star to put up with my incessant doubts) I thought she deserved a mention….. As the days go by, the mundane to and fro journeys of this artist’s life […]
http://northumbriafineart2010.com/ For our online auction catalogue.
La Fusione Here are some shots of a bronze ‘pour’ – or as they say here (far more exciting) ‘La Fusione’. I took these shots earlier today. They were doing 2 large pieces that were buried in sand, and then […]
Meeting New Artists I have been introduced to some really interesting artists some have studios at 501 or in the local area others are here just for the New Year holidays. I met Zhou Yumei an installation and performance artist […]
standing in front of that age old sixty dark abyss Iam a marxist feminist. talk of the queers and fags but all i want to know is how to wear my handbag.
I’m having a frustrating time right now… I pretty much know what I want to present in June, and I’m aware the clock is ticking, but I’ve been unable to press on with the main part of my work, the […]
I’ve been vaguely contemplating how to engage with international artists and create collaborative projects, whether I need to apply for additional funding for that? I have contacts, but don’t know how I would initiate such a thing. However I have […]
I now have 5 large paintings on the go. I am trying to understand them, trying to figure out why I put certain things here and there. I’m becoming less and less interested in mark-making, and certainly don’t want to […]
Warning: The Tower is HauntedGhosts of the plantations and overseersloom and creak untilreplaced by Research Studios and the vision of Source ArtistsLifeno longer outsourced Birthed above shark infested watersTamed by the slyness of Red Riding Hood’s Wolfgnashing teeth swallowing greed […]
What a day. Decided to see if the dog could walk without pulling me over and tested him on a longish walk. He was not too bad! Months and months of training and help from a dog handler are paying […]
David has created a book of HMS work for Stockholm. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1161784 My copy has arrived. Brilliant! I really appreciate the time he’s put in – these things always take longer than they appear.My drawings are almost ready. We’ve heard from […]
Once I had secured a venue for the exhibition… and my father’s participation in the project, it was time to create some new art work. Anyone who’s ever stopped painting and then started again would know that being confronted with […]
Intermedia, CCA, Glasgow
12 – 19 February 2010
Airspace, Stoke-on-Trent
21 November – 18 December 2009
It’s been a short while since I last blogged, somehow I seem to have entered some sort of stasis. There have been positives and negatives in the last two months. On the plus side, I am interning with Nottingham Visual […]
All my materials are in the flat and I have begun the preparation of the first section of the wall. carefully peeling back the wonderfully dated wallpaper and beginning to chip away at the surface. The excitement of whats to […]
