It's been a very hard week, workshops every day at the Tate and I have a very sore throat and closing eyelids. However, tomorrow is a day for getting all my cataloguing hours done before the end of the month […]
Mints palace lock of hair, squeak, armlock, emperor monkey, talon, skin
written on 26 may 2009once again my boots come off. it’s the little things for me. i’ve responded to the opportunity set for me over the weekend. the lines are indeed parallel again and several coats further applied. i feel […]
I haven't yet decided what happens with this piece at the end of the month – should I unravel it finally and leave just the crinkled yarn as the trace, or keep it in its final knitted form? At the […]
I am a painter, I am based in London. I graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005. I have exhibited quite a bit since graduating and it has been quite an education. I show with galleries as well […]
Last weekend I did my first Artist's Market. I was hoping to make enough profit to at least break even, but that hasn't happened, nor did I gain any commissions for Lady of Shalott dolls, so it was a financial […]
Good Afternoon, Its wednesday and its raining, hopefully by this time on Sunday the sun will be out and I will have walked under the curve of the M25 and out into the Kent countryside in time to find a […]
Deadline is looming and the nightmares have begun. Last night's nightmare was, I got to the Williamson Gallery and there wasn't a single space for me to hang my paintings! I must pull myself together. My worries are mainly that […]
Just been reading J.J. Charlesworth's article on sustainability in May's Art Review. The text suggests a misconception of the positive effects of the current recession, and in particular the 'crisis breads creativity' attitude that many artists tend to adopt. Operating […]
I just didn't really see it coming – which was stupid of me, I guess. Now and then I surprise myself by my foolishness. I got rejected, nothing new really and not even a good reason to go to bed […]
I gave some further thought to the MA situation, kind of encouraged by Clare Smiths MA at Central St Martins, which only requires two evenings in London a week. The validity, necessity and quality of these courses has been debated […]
So, I am in the middle of about 3 or 4 paintings. I like to work on them in Tandem. I have, as mentioned moved into oils. I realise they are my obsessions, I drift off to them when I […]
Today, at lunchtime, a small group of us had our first meeting in relation to the exhibition "WET" at the STEW Gallery in Norwich towards the end of June. It was decided that "WET" would be the title of the […]
Since my last blog on how best to 're-enter the Art world' we (my partner and I) have decided to go through the most direct route and open our own Art Gallery. This was not a decision we made easily. […]
I've just seen the first draft of my artists book and I love it! I'm so excited about it again. A great end to a long hard day. Full credit to Adrian Riley, Electric Angel, for a sterling job!
I had a e-mail on Friday from Airbus they are going to publish the story about my project in their newspaper & on their web-site.And yesterday thier ask if I would like to display it on their Family Day in […]
once again back at home, tired and happy with the feeling of achieving what was desired today. i took in a four foot steel rod, a vital tool when working at height. i’ve installed the power cable today. tomorrow will […]
Even though I've not written for a month, I have been busy busy busy working and thinking about this project which really only has a month left. I was very efficient and completed a project overview before we are exhibiting […]
More recently I have been trying to develop this project (and my work generally) by drawing every day – I am really surprised how much development has occurred from this quite naturally.. I wanted to stay with the box motif […]
Days till degree show – 2 Well, not till the degree show actually, that's 10, it should actually read, days till degree assessment, but who cares Anyway.Today there was a big old discussion regarding 'space' (or the lack of it). […]
Its not often you take the dog out for a walk and end up with your name and address in a policemans note book! Which is exactley what happened to me yesterday. I climbed down a cliff expecting Cosmo to […]
Following AIR Advisory Group member Paul Scott’s April meeting with the organising group, AIR’s proposal to join this pan-artform practitioner body will be formally ratified at ECA’s Autumn AGM.
In the summer I am going to be showing in the Projection Space at John Jones ‘ Which has a long history of supporting emerging artists and contemporary art. .. ‘ I see this as a fantastic opportunity to start […]
Group exhibition at the STEW Gallery Space in Norwich featuring the work of 12 graduates (most of whom are NUCA MA Graduates). It was decided that the show would be called "WET" in reference to the Gallery's location next to […]
