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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
It’s been a while since my last, somewhat, frantic post. The exhibition is down and the adrenaline rush has subsided. I’ve even recovered from the shock of dropping one of my light boxes the night before the opening! More importantly […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
Stress levels are rising, as is the pile of lights, wiring and projectors, in what was once the living room. I have reached that familiar point where I now know what I should have done and how I should have […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
It’s been a week of form filling. Grant applications, project proposals, risk assessments, promotional emails, and of course the dreaded tax return, stalk my waking hours and haunt my dreams. I’m not good at these things, yet they appear to […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
I had hoped to have a clear uninterrupted day in the studio, but lying awake in bed last night I kept thinking of an ever growing list of chores that had to be done first, not least buying some drawing […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
This last week I’ve been struggling with technology. It’s horrifying how the time disappears when your sat in front of the computer, and you don’t always have much to show for your efforts. However, I do now finally have a […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
Huge relief. We’ve just got confirmation that Chelmsford Borough Council is supporting the project with a grant. Management gurus say groups take greater risks than individuals and I suspect that acting alone neither Fran nor myself would have committed to […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
Fran and I initially became interested in the West End of Chelmsford as it is an area of flux, undergoing rapid change and redevelopment. Now after visiting the area, and drawing there on and off for almost two month, our […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
It’s strange how, as an exhibition gets closer, time speeds up. Somehow I never quite manage to tick off as many things on my daily ‘to do’ list as I hope to. However, a gas company has just started to […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
The core of this project has been about observation, more specifically observation aided by drawing. Somehow drawing makes you look more closely. The eye flicks repeatedly from the pen to the subject, but these are not casual glances they’re analytical […]
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Untitled blog post from "Caught in the Act"
I cleared my workspace at the start of the week with the intension of having a concentrated creative splurge working on the drawings and photos I’ve made in the town over the last few months. But as usual things didn’t […]