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"What I've really enjoyed is having time with other artists and time for reflection. The studio feels more playful – last week I caught myself sitting back and smiling at something I'd made with bright ribbons, materials I'd have been […]

On relationship: My new German friend when he came to my studio looked for a few seconds at my work and said "it is all about relationship". The works I have pinned up span the last 12 months and so […]

How to find out what's going on when in Berlin: You can pick up these first two for free at cultural institutions in Berlin: Berliner Galerien – this has mainly big or commercial galleries, it is a paid for listing […]

Nicole Monteran is a French artist who I met through Joseph and Mary when we went on the Fat Tire Bike Tour of Berlin. She has lived in Berlin for over thirty years, yet remains very French in her comme […]

Everything has changed! It's four weeks since I worked my last shift in the cafe and already it's had a huge impact on my work … not only that but i feel like an artist again – rather than someone […]

Over the last few weeks I have used the peace and quiet of the Print Room (no students around) to quietly get on bevelling the edges of 24 plates! The silver powder at my feet is testament to the amount […]

The etching press is now installed upstairs in the 20th century gallery. It is wonderful. I have already taken a series of conte crayon drawings and develped them into rich, soft edged monotypes. I used dampened paper and they are […]

Time passes swiftly when you have a deadline speeding towards yourself… I started at 8am this morning, on what I thought would be a job that would consume an hour or two.. I finished at 14:00h… And this was just […]

At the Milchhof Sculpture Space two English sculptors both Goldsmith graduates are opening their exhibition from 4 pm up to 9pm. So from light afternoon until pitch-black night with the range of lighting becoming a feature, especially with Charlotte McGowan-Griffin's […]

The adrenalin is beginning to gather and flush through my arteries in increasing quantity.. Everything is due to go up on monday.. I have delegated the task of making my projection screen stands to a sculptor and am going to […]

An unexpected delay has given me an extra couple of days of Festial time. A few more things ticked off my 'to do' list: churchwardens and church keyholder now duly invited to launch … more press releases sent … explanatory […]

Left at 3am this morning for the golden temple, the hotel was only a short ride so didn’t take us long to get there. We checked in our shoes at the drop off point and made our way to one […]

proposal accepted by terrace – gallery in east london. i got the decemebr slot :) weeeheee. now, to get payed for this i will have to ask the arts council for match funding… that's scary – was rejected once… this […]

painted my exhibition space today. will take a photo on monday. did another skull painting yesterday, for my one, i think ill put them all up at once, on sunday. my space is just under 14foot, which is a very […]

Thinking ahead to when these paintings will actually be finished with the colour relationships worked out, masonry nails have to be bought at OBI, (standing for German DIY) which is a bit of a walk away, but passes a second-hand […]

Today has been spent organising items for the show. Borrowing projectors, ordering spare parts, seeking out a few solutions to a few glitches.. Finding a carpenter to help with the making of screens and being invited to join another small […]

Today all plans for the day had to be rewritten as some problems emerged. However it did make me realize that generally things have been going very smoothly, so as long as things can be resolved I'll be back on […]

Postcard from Berlin 2a: Last weekend I went to 3 galleries (see postcard 2b also): 1. Stedefreund www.stedefreund-berlin.de This is at the top end of Rosenthaler Str. 3 close to Rosenthaler Pl. on the U8 north of Alexanderplatz; or if […]