May 31, 20212 minMini sketches inspired by spring in the cityAnnotation and thoughts on the small sketches. I have enjoyed this experimentation with smaller canvas’s, reducing the size has been...
May 26, 20213 minArtist Research on colour1024 Colours Gerhard Richter Original Title: 1024 Farben Date: 1973 Style: Conceptual Art, Op Art Theme: Colour Charts Genre: abstract...
May 26, 20213 minColours in springThe poet Gerard Manley Hopkins begins his poem, by giving a simple judgement about spring, there is nothing more beautiful. The speaker...
May 26, 20211 minLarger paintings process and evaluationI bought this canvas from a charity shop I find this a convieniant way to paint on a larger scale . I also like to use recyclyed...
May 26, 20212 minWhy painting is like cooking“Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.” Maurice de Vlaminck Maurice de Vlaminck 1876-1958 T01254...
May 18, 20211 minExperiments on looser paint mark making sketchesExploring and experimenting with colour as it is an important part of my painting practice. To explore mark-making, composition, space,...
May 17, 20219 minArtist researchArtist research Jackson Pollock Abstract expressionism Art is not always about portraying a realistic image. Art can carry a message and...
May 17, 20211 minPrimary sketchesThis oil on canvas was a direct response to the photograph below. I liked the blue of the sky and how the yellow Forsythia was lit by the...
May 17, 20213 minSecondary researchI have been watching a lot of Youtube videos on the painting process, (SEE APPENDIX 1). I have been inspired by the artist Liz Ackerley...
May 17, 20212 minPrimary researchI have started my primary research by taking photographs of my daily journeys. Focusing mainly on what I see and what catches my...
May 17, 20212 minProposal for Specialist Studio practiceStatues of miners depicting the county’s mining history designed by local Nottingham artist Robert Kiddey. (County Hall Nottingham)...
Feb 2, 20212 minFurther thoughts on evaluation of outcomeThrough out this project I have tried to focus on developing my own style in painting. I think painting for me is instinctive process, I...
Feb 2, 20212 minFurther thoughts on evaluation of outcomeThrough out this project I have tried to focus on developing my own style in painting. I think painting for me is instinctive process, I...
Jan 25, 20215 minProject EvaluationReflecting on nearly a year of living in a Pandemic situation all our lives have been seriously upended. Social Bubbles are now the new...
Jan 25, 20215 minProject EvaluationReflecting on nearly a year of living in a Pandemic situation all our lives have been seriously upended. Social Bubbles are now the new...
Jan 22, 20211 minPhotoshop imagesThankfully , the new images are alot better quality and they sit better in the gallery space. Kidnapped This painting has lost a lot of...
Jan 22, 20211 minPhotoshop imagesThankfully , the new images are alot better quality and they sit better in the gallery space. Kidnapped This painting has lost a lot of...
Jan 22, 20212 minHeading towards my final outcome.In choosing which painting I will use for my final outcome I need to consider how it will be viewed. Since lockdown a lot of galleries...
Jan 22, 20212 minHeading towards my final outcome.In choosing which painting I will use for my final outcome I need to consider how it will be viewed. Since lockdown a lot of galleries...
Jan 11, 20215 minProject development in PaintingThe current restrictions have allowed me to indulge a reading habit, I reread “Kidnapped” by Robert Lewis Stevenson. A historical fiction...