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New Year resolutions … play! … play is like joyful experimenting wonder!  … wonder is like joyful thinking bank! ’Bank’ ideas – deposit them somewhere safe and withdraw them when appropriate. Remember to pay them interest! These resolutions are more […]

About 8 months ago I started seriously looking into obtaining a dedicated studio space again. I had visited the very fine set up of a colleague and had pangs for a space of my own again. The visited studio wasn’t […]

Joy: January is the month where joy, delight and happiness is thin on the ground. For me recent incidents create reasons to be cheerful. Over the New Year’s we were fortunate to stay with dear friends Mike and Kate. Catching […]

I’ve always been determined that my blog should reflect the real life of this particular artist. Not just all the good stuff, but how hard it can be, how stressful, as well as how amazingly wonderful it can be. The […]

  Image source; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_de_Belamy Artist Obvious (collective) Medium Ink Subject Male portrait Dimensions 70 cm × 70 cm (27.5 in × 27.5 in       My social media this week has been awash with AI Generated art, causing some caustic comments from those indignant at […]

Last week I was invited to experiment with a pop-up gallery space in the University’s fine art studios.  With my brain full of dissertation research I used the gem of an idea for tapping into the universal creative energies to […]

  Striping all my research into Surrealism and the spiritual in art back to it’s fundamentals and combining it with my connection to the Tarot, I am left with the four elements; Fire, Water, Air and Earth. For reasons I […]

This week I was privileged to attend an online lecture from the very knowledgeable Richard Shillitoe in conjunction with The College of Psychic Studies on the symbolistic work of visionary artist Ithell Colquhoun. Having a fascination with the art of […]

Image 1; Nicola Slattery Meeting of Minds Acrylic on Wood 50 x 60cm Image 2; Owl Boy Acrylic on A4 Plywood panel   This weekend I was lucky enough to spend two days in the wonderful studio of artist Nicola Slattery exploring ways to […]

Dear reader,   Following on from my last blog post I have spent the last few weeks continuing to work on my 3D scan.  This process has been extremely challenging and time consuming … but satisfying!   Despite changing the […]

I came up with the title: ‘Ars Automata’ which I think works on many different levels. It was a totally unconscious intuitive title. That’s the 95% of my brain working without my knowledge and it’s much smarter than conscious me. […]