I am in my last year at ucs in Ipswich. I am studying Fine Art. In my first year I experimented with painting, print-making, sculpture and photography. I concentrated on painting and print-making in my seconed year, which resulted in […]
Trying to consider how I feel about the person I am painting. Does it affect my finished piece? Interested in photography versus a ‘ sitter’. Why should a painting based on a photograph be considered a less legitimate work of […]
Days 10 & 11 Studio visits at Künstlerhaus Bethanien A few days prior to this visit, we each selected which artists we would like to visit from the 18 currently undertaking a studio residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a […]
Public Feedback We had an open studio/Art trail this weekend. About 65 visitors visited the studio. This was the first time that I had displayed my work to the public. I wasn’t sure how I would feel. In my previous […]
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
13 September – 1 November 2012
The fifth edition of Brighton’s bold and innovative photography festival – ‘Agents of Change’ – opens to the public tomorrow.
The Embassy event was really something. There were about a dozen artists from Bolivia who had raised funds to travel to the UK having entered the WEYA (World Event for Young Artists) in Nottingham. The work they had on show […]
Third year has started and it is the end of the first week. Ideas to what to do for the graduation show are bubbling. Currently an growing interest in “Los Caprichos de Goya”. Ideas of creating a similar thing to […]
Selling stuff http://www.greendoor.org.uk/art-trail/ It is the Green Door Art Trail this weekend and I am taking part. It is the first time that I have let the outside world into my studio and more importantly tried to sell my work […]
Influences When I first started taking photographs I just went out and took photos – I have always graduated towards landscape and seacape. Most of my photography was dictated by holidays and days out. I just took pictures of where […]
I seem to have neglected the blog for quite some time, but now with my final year about to begin I shall try and update this site frequently. Update on the past months: The Young Wysing Artist Residency was a […]
George and Jorgen, London
14 September – 5 October 2012
Video of the artists Barby Asante and Sonia Boyce discussing crossovers between their practices, working with people on collective memory building, notions of participation and juggling a portfolio career.
Got back yesterday after a few days in Glasgow. I had been longing to reconnect with my mum, brothers, sister in law and nephew, I just needed to see them, be with them. 3 short days of laughter, meals together, […]
The six artists shortlisted for this year’s £30,000 Threadneedle Prize, chosen from the 153 works featured in the exhibition, have been announced.
BA Top Up with sixteen in our cohort. A variety of disciplines from photography to painting and installation. An eclectic group of people that leads to interesting and lively debates on most things – not just art. An excellent set […]
# 3 [3 September 2012] Its nearly six in the morning and I have been awake for some time. This is the week before I start my final year at K College in Ashford, Kent. My mind is full of […]
A little bit of history – where I come from. I have never studied art or photography my background at school and university was always science and I never really thought about studying art or photography. Having done all this […]
Untitled (Firewall) which was showing at Airspace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent came down last week, I was super pleased with it! I’ve never been more worried about a show in the weeks running up to it, I was concerned about making […]
I am a mature student on a five-year part-time degree in Fine Art at Bucks New University at High Wycombe and about to begin my final year. In my first four years I have worked in a range of media, […]
The short listed artists for the sixth Northern Art Prize are Margaret Harrison, Rosalind Nashashibi, Emily Speed and Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan.
