no one is an island
as 16 comes closer to slipping to 17, i think back to a piece of graffiti photographed by a friend. it stated that no man was an island and he wanted to be that man. why have i recalled this […]
as 16 comes closer to slipping to 17, i think back to a piece of graffiti photographed by a friend. it stated that no man was an island and he wanted to be that man. why have i recalled this […]
After several months of creating new work, attending mentoring sessions with Mark Devereux Projects and planning an End-Of-Residency showcase at The Gallery at St Georges, I am happy to conclude that its all made it a successful end to 2016. […]
It’s been a year since my daughter was born; that, and the building project we embarked on at the start of the year, have been swallowers of time. As a prelude to starting back in the studio in the new […]
While looking at the artist Sol LeWitt I was attracted to the block colours that he used, to create pattern and shape. With this artist in my mind I decided to use the blocking of colours to create this composition, […]
Spending the past two months working on my new photographic strand of work alongside my painting practise has been an interesting journey so far. Following the photographic course at Leeds College of Art I had an overall concept for this […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here So, it shouldn’t surprise me every time, but it does. You put work up in a different environment and it changes it. I’ve just hung up seven of the nine bras from Nine Women in […]
Of course there is art therapy for traumatic experiences or mental health issues but what about the everyday stress? I understand that the people who need art therapy is the people in need the most the people with mental health […]
“we can say that the ordinary object that escapes conscious notice, although we use it every day, captures our attention in the context of the museum and acquires new meaning” (Groys,1994,82) Writing my dissertation and I come across this quote. […]
Fine Art Degree Student at University of Suffolk
I’ve been working on this project for a couple of weeks, but have been left with a bitter taste of having nothing concrete . It’s a new idea inspired by the artist , Grayson Perry, known for his decorated ceramic […]
Recently, I have been questioning and thinking of whether I should speak out about the bullshit I have been through in the art world; someone who is an brown skinned Artist and British born. Who has contributed to society and […]
May you be the mother of a hundred sons Elisabeth Bumiller This is the title of a book written by Elizabeth Bumiller. She is a woman that went to live in India in the 1980s and 1990s and she […]
Over the summer I went travelling to India for 7 weeks. I have been there before (I lived there for a year) and I find it a really inspiring country to be in. Its full of colour and culture. It […]
I decided to change the size of my canvas for the piece of work, my thinking behind this is that if the viewers get close enough to the canvas that is all they will be able to see. Working on […]