Jul
Summer Work 2017 – painting & collage
Painting – oil/acrylic/collage/spraypaint on board Sketches – acrylic/charcoal/collage above are works made during the Summer holidays – thinking of the confessional symbol, home and place
Jul
Old Brighton Family Calender
Am creating different images on top of an old calendar that hung in our family kitchen in Brighton Using a mixture of different materials, collage, paint, photographs and other objects I intend to rework the whole calendar. As I work on each piece I look back at the events that have taken place and revisit old […]
Occupy – Collage
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Abstract Expressionism Exhibition – Royal Academy Sep 2016
Apart from some pieces that were really quite magical to see in the flesh I loved the effect of these David Smith Sculptures where they threw shadows on the floor and spaces around. These were more interesting to me than the sculptures themselves . Unfortunately I was told to put my camera away but managed […]
Starting points and points to develop – Tutorial with Lucy Willow
discussed starting points and areas to develop Alice in Wonderland – Jan Svankmajer – Quay brothers – my interest in Metamorphosis Dolls – how dolls are used Play – Elly Thomas, Tony Oursler humour Limbs Uncomfortable
Painting
using face swaps photographs I developed into oil paintings general exploration with paint and collage to begin to create spaces, environments, anxiety and shape
Shoes
I did a sketch before I found the shoe that I cast of ‘Where did all the Shoe Go’ and imagined a whole room filled with single shoes. I came in to the studio during the Christmas holidays and made a few pieces including the above. I really enjoyed painting and have avoided it mostly. […]