The Diebenkorn-inspired life drawing session by the School of Painting, St Ives was simply delightful. Led by Gary Long, I learned about the 1960s San Francisco Bay Area figurative movement (who included Diebenkorn) and their style of life drawing. Gary Long taught me in a week-long […]
A recent online life drawing from the School of Painting, St Ives focused on the style of the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Led by Hilary Jean Gibson, it was wonderful to learn and practice a few of the different poses and styles of this period. […]
I tuned in to a life drawing session from the School of Painting, St Ives last weekend. The theme for this time was Matisse’s use of patterns to create space and form. Alice Mumford encouraged us to draw in ink, using a […]
Taking a break from having danced for hours, this door is puffing hard. She loves a carnival and has pranced with the best of doors. The festive spirit has infused her soul so she glows from her dancing heart. door#31 […]
Image: Mud. 14.03.20 50°18’49.0″N 3°38’02.7″W 14.03.20 First: ‘why blog?’ The medium seems problematic. This takes me back to art school. I was talking about humans as animals and illustration was my medium of choice, it was and is also my […]
Starting to explore textures today. It’s also been howling gales outside – can you tell?
I’ve been dreaming of doing this for years, and last Sunday I finally got round to it – doing a series of charcoal sketches from the roads and lovely scenic spots around Skye. I watched Brené Brown’s new talk on […]
Refelections on a trip to Budapest as part of the a-n / Castlefield Artists’ International Delegation 2018
hello. sometimes i have a freeze of ideas how to start a post – today has been such an occasion. i add in a picture from a walk last weekend to break up the words so far. […]
HI I’d like to find a professional exhibitions photographer to document developing and finished work to show case, or possibly in the event to respond to. It would work better if the photographer’s own work is concerned with texture, light/ […]
Various adventures in Letterpress with an aim to inform and improve my practice and explore the possibility of future collaborations.
a blog for 2018 to record my thoughts and reflections in my continued enquiry into potential.
So It’s been a while, sorry about that I’ve been busy/prolific. I have attached some images of my work around the Spode sight (to really milk the Spode angle). In the studio I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the […]
as much as i like the first few days of a new year, i’m also quite uncomfortable. for a start i have this new blog and i’m struggling to remember it’s title. i’m struggling because for the first time in […]
I have taken time out from blogging as it has been impossible to keep it up with all of my time taken up with project managing the residencies, planning a school project, developing a new performance and finalising the closing […]
Some time between about 4.30 and 5.00pm this afternoon it suddenly struck me, and now I know what I want to make. It came as something of a surprise – quite unbidden – as I was tidying Tim’s studio after […]
44AD Gallery /Flash Residency blog
while i negotiate with myself and others the post level residency opportunity thing, i’m finding being part of a conversation is helping me to reflect and make sense of stuff that is happening. i’ve made another post on there this […]
Visual blog documenting the ‘real-lifestyle’ of the home and beyond…
all things happen when they need to. tonight i need to write a post to link from this blog to the next. within the framework of reflection, the next blog has come about because of this one. this one […]
i woke this morning, checked my emails and a feeling of excitement rolled over me like a gentle wave on a summers evening. it’s the last day of 2014. i’ve had an interesting history with last days. while still living […]
for sometime i’ve been a member of the isadora user community via their forum. i rarely mention it on this blog as i perceive there to be a gap between the two communities that some how i traverse. the isadora […]
2 days to 15, am i already walking the path i want to be on in 15? today as a family we went out and explored the town and river walk fueled by best chips and good humour. once back […]
