On this day, about a mile away from where this drawing was made, thousands of people gathered to protest against police violence towards black people. They directed energy towards a statue of Edward Colston who’s philanthropy funded alms houses and […]
Sunday afternoon and while making some museli for the coming weeks’ breakfasts I find myself recalling bits of the conversation that I had with Pavel yesterday evening. He has been looking at the Following Eugène blog. With the museli baking […]
I signed up for the London Drawing Group workshop on symbolic self portraits and did this I’m posting it not because it is a great piece of work but because the emphasis on tone took me right back to school […]
It is very easy to read the bird and wind drawings as communication from another species. Today, when I went to change the paper at 8am for the daytime drawing, I found a nice picture of a tree, or maybe […]
within the covid-19 pandemic we’ve experienced another horrendous loss of life in america, i refer to the death of geogre floyd. i was really embarrassed on tuesday because i didn’t see the black out tuesday thing till quite late – […]
Hi I’ve been posting my recent collection of prints on Instagram and got an sales enquiry. So I whipped up a shop on my website and I’m ready to sell. The work is A5 on 300gsm card. It is sold […]
A breezy and cool day. The birds were feeding the babies so made a lot of movement going back and forth to the feeder. The day drawing shows this with the layers of ink laid down by tiny movements. Night […]
Art and environment – where art is used to connect people with nature
With Covid-19 having brought my photography business, and income, to a screeching halt, I am now looking into doing more in the way of teaching and mentoring online. I’m wanting to set up a membership and am looking at platforms […]
Here’s Week 3 I started to move towards an unknown territory. Played with gestures, my hands and knees while asking myself more questions about the process, the ecstactic feeling I got from moving, the fine line between authentic movement […]
Walk through the process of creating a mural from start to finish
Strategies for creativity when the world is in chaos
a-n Artist Bursaries 2020 recipient whose work explores mapping and scientific visualisation technologies discusses the impact of her bursary, and how she has adapted to coronavirus Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown.
A multiply layered and wide ranging exhibition.
Cooler day and night with some showers.
This was half my total harvest of radish. There were two left alone by the slugs. Even this one has a bite out of it. Radishes may have originated in South East Asia. Greek and Roman agriculturalists of the first […]
First three artichokes of the season. Cooked them whole and served with a vinaigrette. Leaves were tasty and I ate the hearts as well as the chokes which were still soft and tender. Artichoke has art at the start (as […]
Liverpool John Moores University BA Fine Art students are staging their final exhibition ‘on Mars’. Announcing that our ‘planet is currently broken’, they are using NASA’s detailed 3D scans to transport viewers to the Gale crater on Mars – creating […]
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I’ve just completed my second year studying MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking at the University of the West of England. Since my last post (back in November!) I’ve made a lot of progress and have recorded in other ways but not on […]
BA (Hons) Contemporary Art Practice student, UWS/City of Glasgow College. “Environmental chaos and vanishing resources are the current legacy of our culture. It is time to accept diversity and no longer regard items as mere detritus or disposable commodities.” Alison Brewster experiments […]
