Gill Newton
Inspired by an inner reality I make impermanent, balanced sculptural assemblages and carbon drawings, often grouped in relational installations. guildford, surrey
Again its been an excessively long time and it makes me wonder, why blog if not consistently? I like the idea, yet so many other things seem to be the priority, making work for a start-I’m continuing on with my […]
I am still here honest, I’ve been continuing with my drawing and I think by number 33 in the series I seem to be making my mark… I think this one is number 19 though I’ve found that I am […]
I’m not going to make any excuses for not blogging. I’ve just been busy with the other stuff of life, even had a mini holiday in Truro where I took lots of photo’s of dilapidated boats. Funny how the boat […]
Its been ages I know. I’m developing the garland idea through drawing and when I’ve satisfied I’ve followed through on the drawings I’m going to make some more garlands. I may skip the framing because of the difficulty in maintaining […]
It really is tricky maintaining art practice, talking about it on your blog and underpinning it with research. And despite promising that I would keep my online presence up-to-date I am nevertheless finding it exceptionally difficult… I can see that […]
Well I have completed my dead foliage works and feel that there’s development possible. Lots of ideas coalescing, though I want to ensure that the work doesn’t just morph into conceptual jewellery? Though I suppose I should think more in […]
I’ve started making experimental pieces with dead foliage, continuing my interest in beauty, often missed that is all around us. And what I find fascinating is how easy you can fall into the trap of the ‘known’ even return to […]
When in doubt draw, and though I’ve sited the body as a key theme weirdly I’ve been making box and frame like forms, hey hum
Well definitely something between paddling and rowing… To help make more room for my art practice and to allow a proper rhythm to emerge I’ve slimmed down my online presence and and will be focusing on keeping my axis pages […]
Setting myself some opportunity deadlines to help focus and have something to aim for. Attempting to be discerning about them so that applications made have some relation to my wider practice. Really just there to keep me paddling or is […]
Is it really almost two months? I guess the festive season does steal time as well as money As with all who have undertaken a period of study there’s the euphoria of achievement followed by the loss of perceived structure, […]
I felt fine yet now I feel a bit neverlandish, too long not drawing or making? Though its been good to have a short break, still only two months since the final show and after all the hard work I […]