Been working o another animation, this one focuses on the issue of climate change and the need for more green energy sources. Im especially interested in this issue as in my local area a 9 turbine wind farm is in […]
In the studio searching for connections in abstract imagery… As I investigate the contemporary approach to drawing, I am searching for connections in the abstract imagery created through my drawing processes. In order to ‘make sense’/find significance in these marks on […]
See my video for the Beyoutiful project on my Youtube channel. This video is a stock-motion animation done with my drawings and found photographs. the link below is for the video i hope you enjoy it. :) https://youtu.be/UD725mQyb0k
It is a wonderful feeling to see something that once was just an idea, sprouted from a conversation, to then manifest in the physical world. After long periods of designing and sourcing materials in the beginning of this year, we […]
Going on a walk – extending my practice.
The House of Commons has selected Adam Dant as the nation’s official artist to document the processes and outcomes of the 2015 General Election.
Ochre Cola was one of the best exhibitions of 2011 that you probably, definitely, didn’t see. It was tucked away in a basement in East London, and featured rolls of shiny coca cola red paper with primitive scrawls in […]
Whilst I seem to have been busy since my last blog, my actual creative output seems to have been pretty scant. I do seem to have been involved in an awful lot of art admin– entering competitions, preparing for a […]
Searching for ambiguity beyond content. Marks and erosions suggest sensibilities between reality and the enigmatic.
had an amazing time in florence, had a very short time to draw between seeing so much beautiful art, but here are some of my sketches
2 – 30 March 2015 Liz West’s new work Subjective Mixtures #1 created in situ for the Bloc Billboard on Jessop Street, Sheffield. West explores drawing as something not confined to two dimensions. During the creation of her work, whether making […]
I’m not sure how to think about this new element that has crept into my work – colour. Colour – this is a perfectly natural part of…no essential part of most artwork to some degree. For me I have avoided […]
Want to see how I create my drawings, in the studio? View this short film and watch the progress of abstract drawing, Variable #29.
A low cost way to prevent calluses in under 60 seconds! Lots of drawing can cause painful hard skin on your hands where the pencil rests and rubs the finger. Here is a quick and easy way to prevent calluses on […]
So having completed another piece and submitting (and being accepted) to an online gallery I feel I have made some modest progress…and I’ll be honest – I’m really effing pleased. I feel as if this small progression has helped me […]
So my practice is still trickling along, I am still wondering if what I do fits with where I would like to end up, what I would like to achieve, can my drawings hold there own with others? These questions […]
We have been working hard, mostly Mike. The design of the mutable drawing surface is done and we are now ordering materials. We are scheduled to build it in March and are currently in talks about a possible exhibition in […]
Many thanks to Beth McIntire, Senior Curator Prints and Drawings, and Nick Thornton, Head of Fine and Contemporary Art, for giving up their time to show me the stored works on paper, prints and fantastic drawings by Gaudier-Brzeska. Since then […]
2014-2015 Bursary Report
