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Man In A Stripey Shirt.

I was at a meeting this evening, The Friends Of The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery’s Annual General Meeting, and I spotted this chap in a stripey shirt. Of course I had to have a scribble, in Faber Castell Pitt drawing pens into a smooth, cloth-bound A5 sketchbook.

Saving Cilfai.

Here’s a little scribble I did this evening at a public meeting in the Saint Thomas area of Swansea to look at objections to the proposed Skyline development on Swansea’s Eastside. If you want to take a look at the Planning Application Comments section, please click here.

Beginning The Process.

I’m starting to develop a new linocut a part of a new group project by Swansea Print Workshop (more to come on this). The subject I have chosen is the South Wales Miners’ Wives during the strike in the 1980s. I knew one of the wives, she was featured in the film Pride, those womenContinue reading “Beginning The Process.”

#NoExcuse – Ana Mendieta.

dinahvagina is a multi media artist living and working in Wales. Her work in this new #NoExcuse exhibition is about the horrifying death of Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta. She was pushed from / fell from/ jumped from the 34th floor of her apartment block. Her husband was charged with her murder but was eventuallyContinue reading “#NoExcuse – Ana Mendieta.”

#NoExcuse – The Missing Women.

This mixed media piece, “Missing Women” is by The RAD Collective, a newly formed group of working-class creatives in South Wales that includes visual artists and writers who choose to work anonymously, “The first rule of the RAD Collective is you do not talk about the RAD Collective!”. Members of the Collective share ideas, resources,Continue reading “#NoExcuse – The Missing Women.”

#NOEXCUSE: NOT JUST AN EXHIBITION

A group show and beyond by Welsh artists dinahvagina, Rosie Scribblah, and the RAD Collective. November 25th 2023 to February 2nd 2024 Wednesdays to Sundays, noon til late Cinema & Co.ffee, 17 Castle Street, Swansea SA1 1JF, 07305 908260 #NOEXCUSE is a creative response to the topic of misogyny and the United Nations campaign againstContinue reading “#NOEXCUSE: NOT JUST AN EXHIBITION”

Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.

I taught an adult education class this afternoon with the 9-to-90 Creative Community at the excellent GS Artists on Swansea’s High Street. The theme was to paint a portrait of the Divine Diva, Dame Shirley Bassey. In TWO hours! A bit challenging 😀 But we did it. The results will be in the venue’s nextContinue reading “Celebrity Portrait In 2 Hours.”

Finished Mari Lwyd lino prints.

I finished cutting my latest Mari Lwyd lino block, I’ve been doing one each winter for a few years now. I did the proof print a few days ago and I did a little bit more cutting, not much, and now I’m happy with the block so I’ve done the first few prints off it,Continue reading “Finished Mari Lwyd lino prints.”

Mari Lwyd: First Proofs With Chine Collé

I printed up a first proof from my latest Mari Lwyd lino block and then did a second proof with chine collé, using fine coloured tissue papers. I cut and ripped some tissue paper shapes than placed them on the un-inked block, just to see if they were what I wanted and where I wasContinue reading “Mari Lwyd: First Proofs With Chine Collé”