It was a warm and still day. It was also my sons birthday and he wanted to hang out in the shed a bit. So with a lack of wind and us scaring the birds away the drawings are quite […]
Having been a nurse for the last 3 months as My partner became Ill and went in to hospital I have had to …………………….reassess my self
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BA (Hons) Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University. Madeline Denny-Gelder is an artist who primarily works with clay, drawn to the material for its tactile nature and clear sense of touch manipulation. She explains: “I use the material to explore an […]
“It’s life Jim – but not as we know it!” may be a famous mis-quote from the TV series Star Trek in an episode[1] of the sci-fi drama which explored the existence of a previously unknown life form. The story […]
This week’s selection features exhibitions and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms including: Alvaro Barrington’s digital drawings at Sadie Coles, a-n members Julia Cameron and Simon Marshall exhibiting large scale photography on the side of their house in Norwich and a collaborative project from Airspace.
Hi I’ve been asked to illustrate a book cover, my friend has written it. I don’t normally take commissions, she has explained that she doesn’t have a budget. However, I’m not willing to do it for nothing. I have no […]
Here is my rose, rosa mundi, rose of the world. It’s a gallica rose, a French rose, a crimson striped with white rose, a shrub rose, an old rose, a bushy rose. A showy rose, a fragrant rose, a semi-double […]
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.
