There’s a slipway that I can access the river by, saving me the walk along the Thames. Once again I silently blessed my friend for her waders as, stepping off the side of the ramp (the submerged bit looked too […]
Skanör, Skåne Yesterday at the beach I sketched the leaden cloud … clouds … that filled the sky and hung heavily over the sea. Did I sketch because I wanted to or because I felt that I should? Intellectually I […]
My name is Monique Sharp. All I want is my documents as I need a copy of my insurance for a craft fair. How on earth do I get that simple request. God knows??? Monique
Charcoal seems to me the most suitable medium for the plant drawings. I like its crumbly fragility, making each mark vulnerable and susceptible. You can smudge it, move it around, make it incredibly black and dense or barely a whisper. […]
Does anyone understand how these NFTs work for paintings? I often get asked to sell my work for NFTs . Is it a costly con? I believe you have to pay to register, then you can’t spend whatever you might […]
Having torn up my plan last week I have now decided to not only concentrate on what appeals but, realising that people are my primary interest, to focus on human activity. This brings me back to the original purpose of […]
I’ve been asked by a large charitable organisation to advise on and artistically direct a number of public art ideas, most of which I have provided myself. They have asked me to suggest a fee for one day per month […]
Yesterday I laughed out loud, several times, in a gallery … I can’t remember the last time that I did that. The show, a retrospective: Roman Signer at Malmö konsthall. I ’kind of knew’ his work … from some group/thematic […]
Some better weather and I’ve torn up my plan. Having tried to make a list of things to do, which was beginning to make me anxious, it seemed sensible to simply go out on site and record, both visually and […]
I’m trying to arrange for someone to speak to a group of artists about how to navigate pensions as a freelance artist. Have found some people to reach out to online but feels very corporate and want to get the […]
In coming weather – clouds on the hills of Hoy While diggers continue in nearly all weather, drawings cannot happen in rain. Two days of bad weather has limited my activity on site but given time to think and access […]
It’s been two weeks since I worked in Enköping – I have three working days remaining (in the last week of July) before my sabbatical starts. This time away is time-in-lieu for working full-time most of June. Even after the […]
For the last 3 years, I have been making large drawings of wildflowers in charcoal on paper. I have had several exhibitions and so I put off this project until I had a bit more time and space to work […]
Next year, 2024, will be the final year of the dig at the Ness of Brodgar, when the archaeologists move on to post excavation work. While my residency on site will end, I expect to have my own post project […]
It’s About Art I needed a reminder really, as a way of redirecting and reordering my thinking. My friend and fellow blogger Stuart Mayes has the sign “It’s About Art” written large and hung in his studio. This is a […]
This week has been busy for the bees, they have been working their merry way around my brain, culminating in a day on the sofa where they could sleep and recover, stare mindlessly at moving images on a screen. But […]
