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 […]
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 […]
A wet afternoon going into a wetter evening and night. The wet paper inhibits the movement of the pen.
The sea squirt is one of our more ancient relatives. Its primitive nervous system is closely related to ours. Young sea squirts spend their time growing and exploring the sea. When they reach adulthood they attach them selves to a […]
Bird and wind, night and day drawings 2nd June 2020. It was a hot and still day and the night threatened a storm that never happened. ? ? ⛅
I went out to see if the coronavirus experience had motivated any of east London’s street artists to respond to our current situation.
This week’s selection features exhibitions and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms including: a-n Artist Bursaries 2019 recipient Alinah Azadeh’s new work We See You Now, a film by artist Evan Ifekoya at Copperfield London, and a show of oil paintings on paper, digital prints and plotter drawings curated by artist-researcher and a-n member Sara Choudhrey.