N.B. I thought I had published this before Christmas….but evidently not. (Written 19th Dec 2011) Today was my last day in the studio before Christmas. I’ve been trying various things out this term so I don’t yet have a new […]
Fine Art and Photography BA (Hons)
I’m a mature student from Sheffield in my final year at the University of Chester where I study Fine Art and Photography. My concerns centre on themes of death and religion. In my third year I have become interested in […]
New Art Exchange, Nottingham
16 September – 26 November 2011
The children’s first day back to school_ Back home_ I’m picking left over bits from a christmas cracker, finding appropriate space for the new toys, other than the middle of the kitchen floor or the overcrowded breakfast bar. Still looking […]
I just wrote a really long post on the Butterfly Park blog and just an image is up, nothing else, no idea why. Thought I’d try this blog too to see if its me or a-n gone wrong! Anyway….. 2012 […]
Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, London
12 – 24 October 2011
As I work in three distinct areas of art, studio production, writing and curating, I find my views have broadened. My position is no longer just that of an artist striving to create and exhibit work. The other two activities […]
Reading and thinking: I am nearly half way through Errol Norris “Believing is Seeing”. Very interesting if slightly obsessive exploration of documentary photography, perceptions of truth and thruthfulnes, photographers intent and our willingness to read photography as evidence. For my […]
I have been getting small work done in my sketchbook. I have signed up for South East Open Studios next year (good for local marketing and networking as well as sales). Today I will be getting together my “art-kit” for […]
Griffin Rayne Gallery, Redchurch Street, London
6 – 11 December 2011
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
4 November 2011 – 28 January 2012
Project 88, Mumbai
10 November – 24 December 2011
New approaches to drawing. I haven’t drawn for ages and ages. Drawing has become defunct in my practice, I rely on photography and writing. I’ve been looking for a new way of approaching drawing, something to make it relevant again. […]
When I was a photography student learning about colour photography, I had to learn about the properties of light, how it broke apart and how it blended together. It hurt my head. I remember really struggling to accept that green […]
Spinning plates – This feels like a good metaphor for where I’m at. My heads busy but I feel like I’m actually stopping myself from moving forward. Where am I going? How do I get there? 1) Projects for schools; […]
“Are all images not drawn”? David Minton. I do not believe that the discrete definitions of the forms of art production have become interchangable. Mostly I believe that the discrete defintitions have meaning because they are useful. I have been […]
art in 4D (or the tightrope walk of making work using painting, photography, drawing and sculpture)
MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking…a three year part-time course involving practical and contextual studies with access to print/photography/textile printing/fabrication.
