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uPDATED WEBSITE
I have just updated my website with the work from the degree show. Feel free to have a look at aligibson.com for a fuller look at the work on display at the degree show. It is open to the public […]
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Please come and see the show
Well, everything is now handed in and with the examiners. It does feel strange that there is nothing to do! Please come along and see the show at Staffordshire University. The private view is open from 6pm on friday the […]
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15th May
Its been a while, sorry about that. The studio is now closed. In the time I had left I reworked some pieces and I hope improved them. I had my proposal for the degree show approved with some changes but […]
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30th April
I have been testing the model and I feel that by building it I have learnt another new trick yet again. Being visual people, you think you know exactly what you want as you can visualize it in your head, […]
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27.04.15 Reworking Shoes and building a set of the exhibition
On friday I reworked the earlier piece using the spray painted shoes and reworked it as I felt it was not good enough for the show. That said, I knew shoes as a metaphor for what women like and consumerism […]
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23.04.15
Sorry it has been a while. I have been busy working on my proposal for the degree show and the final document that we hand in which is our portfolio. I have been doing some new paintings but most of […]
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10.04.14 First week back
I have had a week to relax and I should be coming back refreshed and ready to go but I find myself just a little too relaxed and struggling to get back into it. The steps I have taken this […]
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Easter Hols, Tate Liverpool
We have just been off for 2 weeks for easter and in that time I worked on the dissertation which has now been handed in. It was relief to get that handed in. I also went to the Tate Liverpool […]
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20.03.15
I have another toilet lady image now, the woman cuddling and protecting the 3 boys. This painting is very much inspired by the work of Kathe Kolwitz and a postcard I bought when I went round her museum in Berlin. […]
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18.03.15 apple painting and receipt
Every day I feel like I am making real progress now. The feedback in the group crit was that all the paintings collectively were asking for conversation and not offering an answer to the question but some perceived them an […]
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16.03.15 Rope Light
This is a very early development piece. I ordered a christmas rope light and I wanted to write something with it. If the final degree work I am to present is to be more than just painting, with sculpture and […]
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13th March Real Progress
Another great day in the studio. Finishing off a lot of paintings. Being very playful now and moving forward. I am beginning to feel quite excited about what is developing. There is real conversation here. I have removed the text […]