What do Ahmed Farooqui and Alban Low have in common? Ahmed Farooqui told me how he turned his house over to art – creating Space36 in which he invited artists into his home not just to exhibit there, but to […]
X drifted into a 4G signal emanating from a localised Huawei telephone…
Has Covid altered the way I work? My journey through my final (!) year studying BA (Hons) Fine Art at the University of Suffolk. Sketchbook submission.
X loiters next to the alt-modern thank you sign in the newly laid car park Piped in loungy Starbucks music steals Yo La Tengo riffs evoking mythical summer days that never happened. A phone scroll reveals ‘test and trace exposed.’ […]
The small paintings are a new collection in the study of “The Way We Are” that has examined the creation of painting and the human state. They are a kaleidoscope of colour and movement. The funny characters, rich backgrounds and […]
I’ve spent the rest of the afternoon experimenting with the paper cut outs of what looks like basic shapes, but is the interior map of the rooms of my apartment. Following the experimentation, I think I ought to follow the […]
Through my mental health research I have been reading ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ by Bessel Van Der Kolk, attended the Collective Trauma Summit 2020 and studying a second Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health. I am also part […]
Monday 5 October 2020, 8pm Presenting: Becky Atherton & Michael Duckett https://www.facebook.com/events/1541634019342071/ Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73921695271?pwd=UkRObzlpRFoxVFd3OWVrVjFjRlBrQT09 Meeting ID: 739 2169 5271 Passcode: 4c26sH Becky Atherton Through my work I want to explore the mythological representation of women and how stories […]
Standing proudly in her emerald robes with the sunshine trim, she’s watching the world and seasons pass. Night falls and she fills out to protect her abode. ‘Another day another wrinkle’ comes to mind and she smiles to herself, thinking […]
Having two blogs isn’t working this time… It’s working much better over on my website where it’s all in one place. Just because I’ve previously had a “project blog” in addition to the main blog (Threads) doesn’t mean I always […]
It’s a weird thing really, the landing of an Arts Council Grant. It’s not as if I haven’t been working in the studio for the last year, and if I hadn’t got it, I would of course have carried on […]
So now the money has landed in my account I can start in earnest. It is worth noting that in the same week the money arrives, Birmingham goes into local lockdown measures, and 3/5 of the band, the recording studio […]
Having two blogs isn’t working this time… It’s working much better over on my website where it’s all in one place. Just because I’ve previously had a “project blog” in addition to the main blog (Threads) doesn’t mean I always […]
after 5 months of the most strangest time, i’m preparing for another arts and heritage volunteers met to share, discuss and catch up with the three artist commissions that will be permanently installed in the museum of making. in those […]
She’s feeling majestic in her royal hues, surrounded by deep foliage bowing their devotion. Not without a certain sensitivity, she encourages their growth and blossom as they serve to enhance her qualities in return. Majestic Door (mixed media painting on […]
Dwell Time and Yorkshire Visual Arts Network (YVAN) are delighted to announce their partnership on a new series of podcasts ‘Dwell Awhile’. These podcasts revisit conversations with artists interviewed by Dwell Time co-curator Alice Bradshaw for her ‘Resilience is Futile’ […]
I am delighted to announce my first gallery show – see below or events for details!!! I am a botanical artist, which means I paint plants… for exhibition, and also for scientific journals and for commission. In 2019 I put […]
Yasmine Rix reviews the podcast that investigates what artists do and why.
She’s sitting pretty at the top of the steps, enjoying the petal confetti whirling around her in the breeze. Confetti Door (mixed media painting on canvas board, 20x20cm/8″x8″) Shop: https://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p551/Confetti_Door.html Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/lynneforrester
