Form: Monotone colour with positive and negative areas of light. A pair of ready-made small plastic models cast a shadow across the pages of a book. Process: An experimental photograph taken in the studio capturing the cast shadow of a pair of plastic figures in sunlight....
Mapping with annotations So after I stuck down all the bits, the act of sticking and being with it triggered more thoughts. Seen here in black marker across the diagram. Then I took the weekend off. My brother and his kids were coming to stay for...
Last Thursday 17th Jan we celebrated the third day of this kind locally. A showcase of inclusion, well-being, cross border exchange and the positive role that creative practices can have on your mental health. Amidst nutritionists (who kindly fed us), singers, poets, drama, printing, drawing,...
During a power cut I took the quiet time to brain dump initial thoughts into my notebook. When I scribbled the word 'symbols?' I realised that I already had a template to work from. I pulled out an old test print from the petroglyphic portrait print...
I'm still thinking and processing the things that were interesting from this session. So far I have this list It was visually interesting have 2 screens of people. It evoked feelings of confusion and anticipation. The usual flow was disrupted. I was forced to think differently...
Poster Girls Exhibit at the London Transport Museum till March 2019. I had great intentions of getting to the Tate during our three day trip to London but the realities of maneuvering 8 kids around central London over the New Year laid those plans quickly to...
Two outings from the studio that I enjoyed, a trip to see a local print exhibition in Drogheda and joining in one morning on a community tapestry in Dundalk. Print Works in Droichead Arts Centre was curated by independent curator Dorothy Smith and in terms of...
This idea surfaced in the 'sitting in the labyrinth' phase. To create a series of mono-prints that might capture 'ideas and feelings projected onto atmosphere'. I struggled to give it some structure and not just chuck out a load of experiments. I knew I wanted to...
Like Queens of the Stone age sing ...
Folds have always been a source of pleasure for me. Folds of flesh, fabric, undulating landscapes, enveloping, uni-directional pliable interchanges. In the late 1990's I saw a wonderful collection of paintings by Alison Watt in Edinburgh. Her juxtaposition of nude painting and fabric folds creates...