This Artwork, one of x12 at Marcus’s current Art Exhibition at Mansfield Library Gallery called Fairy Stories for Lost Child Hoods was part inspired by a chance seeing of a Poster for ‘Sinderella’ outside the Cambridge Theatre in the West […]
A Conversation (Polyurethane Rubber, Iron Nails) When something is nailed to the wall people are forced to talk about it. Infertility is one of those issues we intrinsically avoid because of our society’s puritan foundations. It’s embarrassing because it relates […]
New piece I have been working on.
Hi I’ve been posting my recent collection of prints on Instagram and got an sales enquiry. So I whipped up a shop on my website and I’m ready to sell. The work is A5 on 300gsm card. It is sold […]
After spending far too much time scanning the internet looking for an A3 flatbed scanner for my artwork in order to catalogue and produce prints of my work, I am none the wiser in which equipment to go for! I […]
I sort of feel as if I should be making more effort to save the planet. I’ve been thinking about it in my work for quite a while – how to use more environmentally methods and materials – but actually there […]
Thoughts and ramblings of a struggling painter
Well, here I am again on residency. This time at Asylum Studios. I can’t speak highly enough of residencies. They are the best way to engage in your practice with all the accompanying feedback, as well as facilities, time and […]
Two months ago we got together in sunny Manchester, in a hot room at Old Granada Studios. The fans were blowing the heat away but there was no remedy for the internal heat each one of had to deal with […]
After completing my website, my mentor felt that my current work still had a long way to go. She felt that there wasn’t any point in pushing my current work until it was developed a little further (I had only […]
Still working on the project long after the residency ends. The Simalcrum has new variations and formats and also Reportage has been morphed into alternative formats, both using cutting and collage. I have returned to painting recently overlapping projects, and […]
Well not much left to do on this project as the last day of the residency has passed. Just a bit more blogging and finishing of some pieces in the Devices and Reportage series. I can work on them at […]
Back from a break from production for reflection, and also a trip to Amsterdam. About developing practice. Interacting with others is an essential part of who I am. I have always known that, as I realise that this is […]
This is another study of an eye focusing more on expression and detail compared to my other one. In total this took me 4 hours to draw and I’m pleased with the outcome of it. I did copy the image […]
This was one of the first eye sketch studies I did using pencil into sketchbook. I got the idea and copied the idea from the internet because I felt the internet was convenient at the time. I am rather pleased […]
Residency continues and Devices 2 print run is now complete. Also other pieces are either further developed or complete. Some examples are pictured here along with the layout print part finished for Devices 2, it is still wet so I […]
Back in the print room yesterday. Working on Devices 2 at the moment and also more Reportage pieces. I am working with a more varied colour range now on some of the pieces. So far it is working, as it […]
Well the exhibition is up and launched. What a turn out, all went well on the launch night with visitors from near and far. Started with some chat with students, then Simon was introduced to me and a tour and […]
The exhibition is ready to go. Launch is on Thursday evening 9th March. Here is my statement from the catalogue. A few words from the artist. The simulacrum project starts from the premise that a copy might be an imitation […]
The exhibition is installed thanks to Carol and Glen who helped me put it all up. It’s perhaps a bit odd in a way, but the work always seems somehow different when it is up on the walls in an […]
Busy week again. Preparations for the residency exhibition, and a hole lot of teaching. The work for the exhibition is all prepared and those to be framed are all fitted, except one which needs new glass. Sort that out tomorrow. […]
Well here it is. Work for the final series of prints for the exhibition. . . . Well the stencils anyway, which ever way you look at it. They are the work, though not the works. Yes poor puns. […]
