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Bouncing back
Well, ‘bouncing’ probably isn’t the right word, but I’ve got heaps more energy . I recovered from my op really quickly and I was back on my feet ( literally) within 4 weeks and itching to get back into the […]
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Taking a step back
I had an email off Elena Thomas the other day regarding comments on all of our blog posts. Not realising they are there that is. I hope that now that Elena has intervened and queried the problem, the matter will […]
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Anish Kapoor and looking back at 14 years of blogging .
What’s Anish Kapoor got to do with my life you may think. Nothing … and a lot actually. I went to see his exhibition ‘Monadic Singularity’ at Liverpool Cathedral last week. Consisting of several sculptures , 2 ‘paintings’ ( which […]
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Overdue payment
I’ve just sent off a reminder to the museum about the invoice I sent to them on 26 June for my workshop . I have done several workshops for them before and have more in the pipeline, and as I […]
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Child Friendly ?
It’s been a slow 10 days or so. My cold dragged on forever and although I tried several times to start new work, I couldn’t find the energy to get anywhere with it. I forced myself to go across to […]
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Revisiting
Last week, I went back to Chester Cathedral for the first time since I did my installation there. I love the way these massive spaces show larger artworks and because of this I had Chester , plus Liverpool Cathedral ( […]
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A certain social media platform
This week, I deleted the former twitter app off my phone . I used to use it to catch up on activities people I know had written about. I occasionally tweeted about my own work. I liked to discover work […]
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Does it matter?
On Friday, I went to a PV of a group exhibition I’m in : ‘The Town is a gallery ‘ at Convenience gallery – a space made available at a former M&S store in Birkenhead by East st Arts. The […]
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Other things
I started writing blog posts a couple of times and then abandoned them. I had too much going on outside and writing seemed a bit irrelevant. I delivered my ‘Make a Bee to remember’ at the museum, which was successful […]
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Sluice and other things
This weekend saw me battling through the crowds of pink Stetson and silver cowboy booted fans of Taylor Swift , to deliver my work to Liverpool’s Liver Building for The Liverpool Art fair, opening later this month. It’s a first […]
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After the open studio – What I’ve learnt from it
On Sunday morning , while I was charging my phone and zettle card reader, I really wished there had been a charging point for me. Open studios are exhausting . There had been a community group session in the hall […]
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Preparing for open studios
Well I say I’m preparing, but realistically I’ve only spent a few hours putting small paintings and cards into cellophane bags. I really don’t know what people expect to see, so I’m playing safe and having a range of affordable […]