For the last three days I have been wrestling with a dark force. Tears have been shed, desperate phone calls made, and bowels have loosened. But at last my travails are finally over, my tax return is filed. However victory […]
> Hello! I thought you’d given up all> hope as I hadn’t heard from you.> Unfortunately mum passed away in April this year so her> memories have> gone with her.But if I can help in any way I will.> Margaret.> […]
SUPERMARKET 2010 at Kulturhuset 19-21 February Exhibitors:http://www.supermarketartfair.com/exhibitors-2010
‘The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side’. The final piece of feed back on my last post is rather idealistic, the reality is a little more complex than that. I do have the best job ever, but like […]
I recently was very honoured to be asked to write about my choice blog on A-N. I chose Susan Francis You can read what I wrote here. www.a-n.co.uk/p/587497/ Very tough to choose someone as there are so many interesting stories……I […]
‘A Kids guide to Managing Time’ What did I spend the most time doing? What did I spend the least time doing? Is there something I would have liked to have spent more time doing? Is there something I would […]
Leaving the studio This afternoon I’m going to sort out the final few things left in the studio. It’s mainly things for recycling and the charity shop, Sue wants to buy the lights and Derek wants the microwave. I’m starting […]
Thank you Franny, Annie, Rob for your supportive comments. I’m still feeling the loss of the work a lot – yes, it feels very strange when I’m waiting for a bus with no activity to mark that time. I’ve thought […]
The blog’s been quiet because I’ve been working! Which isn’t to say this blog isn’t also ‘work’.
Just pondering who to nominate for the Liverpool Art Prize next year: http://www.liverpoolartprize.com/ Lots of good artists working in Liverpool at the moment and some people whose work I love… but you can only nominate three people. It’s a funny […]
PART 2 The exhibition has shown in Elliston Community Hall, Jamestown Belalie Art Gallery, Bordertown Civic Centre Walkway Gallery and will continue to Roxby Downs Regional Gallery and continues its tour well into 2010 throughout South Australia. I was able […]
Report from Australia: Le Chéile at the New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide as part of the South Australia touring exhibition organised by Counrty Arts, South Australia and Visual Art in Celtica Festival Port Adelaide Le Chéile looks excellent in the […]
Phil Illingworth’s forum discussion on Artist Statements has made me wonder how simply it can be written. I am sitting in front of a painting. Wondering what and how I am thinking, and why. Looking at the surface, imagining possibilities […]
The final of Saatchi art school – so after just two commissions, the artists are to put on a group show at the Saatchi Gallery. We are not told how long they had to do it, or what the budget […]
CASPER DAVID FREIDRICH I have had a look at the Artist Casper David Freidrich 1774-1840, a german painter from the romantic period. The movement validated strong emotion as an authentic source of aesthetic experience, placing new emphasis on such emotions […]
MORE STARTING POINTS Driving home the other day I heard that the MOD had shut the UFO phone line that had been in operation for 50 years. An MoD statement on the matter says: “The MoD has no opinion on […]
Bird Diary entrySunday 13th Dec 6.50am Coburg nr the Merri CreekDoves – constant regular surprisingly penetrating call; fairly close though not in this garden; no other birds close. Blackbird trill in distance. A crow calls 1,2,3,4,5. (Crows vocal at Annalea’s […]
What are filled out our cities? cars or high buildings? Wi-Fi maybe another answer. http://fireant.itaiwan.net/urban_image/tp.png
I’ve got loads of ideas. I’ve got loads of images, notes, research and thoughts to accompany these ideas. They influence what I make and do but the difficulty is that things are inter-related, that’s it’s difficult to sort things out […]