I recently visited Tate Modern and caught the Maria Bartuszova exhibition. No, I hadn’t heard of her either. It could be that my knowledge of Eastern European 20th century, female artists is lacking. There again, it could be that our collective knowledge of Eastern European, 20th century, female, artists is lacking. The exhibition was a […]
I was lying in bed, thinking about death- as you do- and imagining looking back over my life. Would it have been a life of selling art or making art? An art business or ‘being an artist’? I suppose the former has ‘grubby’ (why?) connotations of doing things for money, the everyday-ness we all struggle
Does Bristol need another arts trail? Turns out the answer is yes! As house prices go up in the North, West and South of the city, creative types have been upping sticks and moving East. Hence a lovely new local, weekend arts trail- BS4. It’s on the 24th and 25th June. I’m sharing a space
New Art at Bristol’s Newest Arts Trail- BS4 Read More »
Yes, I’ve been pulled in by the lure of ‘going big’ as most artists do at some point. Having been essentially a printmaker, working on paper, for most of my career, I’ve recently been straining at the leash. I want to make immersive art, gestural and bold- and the feeling won’t go away. The downside
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I’m lucky enough to have been given, by Artspace Lifespace, 3 weeks working in one of the Vestibules at City Hall, College Green in Bristol. These are very grand (and big!) ‘porches’ either end of the building- I’m occupying the one near the Cathedral. I’m having so much fun working most days in there- so
3 Week Residency at ‘The Vestibules’ Read More »
I went to see Lisa O’Neill, an Irish folk (and so much more) singer at St Georges in Bristol last month. I booked the tickets on the strength of one song heard by chance on the radio- a rare occurrence for me. When I arrived, it seemed lots of others had done the same, which
Finding Our Voices Read More »
It snowed. In March. Almost unheard of in the warmer and wet South West. I spent a few minutes watching it float down from our small, awkwardly shaped patch of sky, out the back, between the rooves, chimneys and drain pipes. White on white. Actually grey on grey. The more I looked, the more I
On Snow and it’s Depiction Read More »
There are 3 chances to see me and my work this Spring around the UK. First stop is the Paper-Ink-Print Festival at The Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington, South London between the 17th and 19th March. Then, in close succession, I’ll be at Printfest in the Lake District between the 28th and 30th April and
See My Art Work ‘In Real Life’ This Spring Read More »
It wasn’t much of a sunrise, truth be told. I walked out along the coast path, hoping for a spectacle, or even a moment of…something, against the implication of the grey blanket of cloud. I reached the field I love the most. Somehow the camber, the line and roll of it warms my heart, like
A Sunrise Walk in February Read More »
In winter, though the quantity of the light is small, I try to appreciate the quality of the light. Watery, oh so soft, diffused, horizontal. The pink blush of a frosty morning. Unless I wake at 4 or 5am, I don’t get to see this rare, ephemeral light in Summer. So, in Winter, I try