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New Art West Midlands 2014 Prize Winner.

As part of the New Art West Midlands 2014 group exhibition, there were six prizes available. As I have mentioned in the previous ‘post’, I was living in London at the time, juggling full-time employment and constantly travelling up and down the country […]

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Serendipitous Symposium

Artists in the Field: Ephemeral Landscapes and Experimental Geographies A personal response to the symposium within the context of my own art practice ‘If in doubt return to the field’ was Dr Harriet Hawkins’ opening to the symposium, Artists in […]

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Week 118: 15th – 21st Dec 2014

As my core focus is on the anthropology of art, I have been reading Morphy and Perkins’ edited collection ‘The Anthropology of Art: A Reader’, which traces the history of this field. In particular, they attempt to redress the neglect […]

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Exploration-Reflection #2

There has been a sudden shift in my practice this week in relation to exploring performance and new organic materials. I’ve realised how the body and form is crucial and is the core to my making and material process. After […]

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Exploration-Reflection #1

A new term, new module and fresh start. The feedback I received from last term was brilliant, helpful and it’s always a bonus having a distinction to end the term with; regardless of the grade it always gives you that […]

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Gradual renewal – the art of architecture

It was a pleasure to meet up recently with Derek Latham at Lancaster West estate in North Kensington where I was community artist in residence. He worked for the architectural firm of Clifford Wearden and Associates in the late 1960s […]

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ArtsCafe Eco Projects

2016 Eco Projects Community Green House from Recycling materials January + February: ArtsCafe is Collecting 2ltr clear plastic bottles ( preferably without labels & not squeezed ) until mid March. If you like to help, please bring us your recycled […]

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Filthy Lucre

I have been reading Grayson Perry’s ‘Playing To The Gallery’ which is fascinating reading, there is a whole science to selling work and being part of a ‘scene’. By being more lucrative and proactive in getting custom, that will be […]

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New Chapter – Reflection #10

Not making work for the last two weeks has enabled me to sit back and really think and take the time to analyse my work. What have I made? What is its context? What do I continue working with? What […]

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Beginnings Blessings Budding

I think it is about time the belief in me as an artist is more budding than beginning. The next blog will have a different title, and a new angle.. for an update right now I can share with you […]

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‘Community’ Play, Crowd Funding

‘COMMUNITY’ is the first independent LGBT theatre performance coming to The House of Blah Blah gallery and creative space in Middlesbrough April 2016. The play is written and directed by young upcoming Producer Scott Davies, who is passionate about working […]

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TRANSPLANTING

Progress into a hybrid botanical paper jungle at Hull School of Art and Design.

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‘Saving Grace’ Sculpture

This sculpture was entered into the ‘Poison and Remedy’ Open Exhibition at WTS Gallery in Leicester and won a prize. Title: Saving Grace This piece has a symbolic personal connection to my daughter, as a baby she suffered from Febrile […]

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‘Me vs Me’ Self Portrait Painting

With this self-portrait I aimed to paint a contemporary piece that would show masculinity whilst also displaying what I enjoy doing most, painting. The idea was to paint the portrait as if I was looking back at myself concentrating on […]

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‘What are you looking at?’ Painting

This was a painting I created using acrylic paint, black Indian ink and fine liner pen, I watered down the acrylic and ink to achieve a ‘watercolour’ wash of effects and wanted the colours to blend into each other. I […]

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