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Tweet a Sound
I will be installing an inter-active sound installation for the forthcoming Bridge of Allan Contemporary Art Fair on November 1 called “Tweet a Sound”. Met up with the director of the Fair, Amy Drewery, this afternoon to discuss final arrangements. […]
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Studio space for artists
What kind of studio space do artists require? Traditionally the answer was simple: a big, airy space with north facing windows and affordable. WASPS, a Scottish based charity, aim to provide such spaces and they were in Stirling last week […]
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Tomorrow evening a small exhibition of my mud paintings will be shown in Blairlogie, part of an evening organised by George Sutherland to celebrate the work of Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson spent childhood holidays in Bridge of Allan and this […]
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“Art is not produced in art Colleges but in studios, with people working together.” Paolozzi I have just finished re-writing my “Masterclass- Ten Days with Paolozzi” Now I am looking for an editor and people to read and check it. […]
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“All human experience is just one big collage.” Paolozzi Editing my diary of Ten Days with Paolozzi – a Masteclass held in Edinburgh College of Art – I have been struck by how prescient he was of our future: of […]
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“The golden rule is just to follow one’s obsessions.” Eduardo Paolozzi “Paolozzi is all about the unexpected – as anyone brave enough to sign up for his Masterclass in Edinburgh this summer will quickly discover” – art critic Iain Gale. […]
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The city that distrusts photographers I am great admirer of the Magnum photographers so I looked with special interest at last Sunday Observer colour magazine (17.11.13) which carried a selection of photos they had taken in Marrakech in preparation for […]
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Drawing Together “What on earth are they doing?” you may well ask. Well this is the grand finale of a group of artists in the heart of Scotland “drawing together” using every kind of utensil you can think of from […]
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The curator is deep in conversation with a local artist as I pass through the museum café to join friends for lunch. I can imagine the conversation. The artist is discussing a potential exhibition, the curator explains that much as […]
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I’ve “discovered” painting with mud. (Gasp! horror- I usually work digitally) How did this come about? Well I have just been to Dollar Summer School. (Few outside the central belt of Scotland know about this unique school – now in […]
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“The One Show” BBC Television – and “The Children of Craig-y-nos” book Well, it’s over – my one minute of fame on the “One Show” talking about my childhood experiences of four years locked up in a remote Welsh castle, […]
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Dealing with rejection I was at a gallery opening on Saturday night and friends kept coming up to me:“Where is your work? why isn’t it in?” And I had to confess:” I’ve been rejected.” Now if you are an artist […]