I wasn’t sure about visiting the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe for a third time, but I reasoned that my first visit had been in deepest Winter when it was covered in snow. My second was in late Spring, the weather mild, the sunlight kind. Today is high Summer, very hot, brilliant sunshine,Continue reading “Solemn Stones”
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Grow Up, Step Up
I’ve been working on a series of tiny reduction relief prints and last week I printed the first colour. Today I began cutting the second colour from the blocks. This is called the reduction or ‘suicide’ method as you systematically destroy the block leaving no room for error. I was chatting to an experiencedContinue reading “Grow Up, Step Up”
Bigguns
I’ve spent the past two days at the Creative Bubble artspace in Swansea City Centre, with the 15 Hundred Lives art collective. We have the venue every month to give us the space to work together, try out new ideas and we open the doors to the public so that people can drop inContinue reading “Bigguns”
Drawing A Big One
I’m making a drawing installation for the Commensalis collective’s new show which is opening at Fringe Arts Bath (FAB2014) next Friday. It’s made up of five sections and this is the first, a large drawing (about 150 x 200 cms) in carbon, graphite and charcoal. It’s based on drawings I’ve done from photographs taken duringContinue reading “Drawing A Big One”
Art-In-A-Box
I’ve not blogged for a couple of days. Dad-in-law’s funeral was yesterday and I haven’t really felt like doing anything arty but last week I was working flat out on this piece-in-a-box for Art’s Birthday – which is TODAY. Organised by Locws International, my work has been installed along with 9 other pieces-in-boxes in theContinue reading “Art-In-A-Box”
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