1st November. For two years now, I’ve made paintings for the porch or the front window in contribution to our lane’s Advent window collaboration. Twenty six displays, one being unveiled each night at 6.30pm until Christmas Eve. I made a … Continue reading Christmas 2023
This is a village and when the village says it’s doing Halloween, it’s doing Halloween no matter the rain hammering down over it! My contribution, meant to be a remote affair, was an A1 painting of a pumpkin with orange … Continue reading Halloween
Arriving at the end of a unit and not yet in the Assessment phase or in the grip of another course, I’ve been spending some time getting to know better the workings and capabilities of the various digital apps I … Continue reading Animations and videos: one
Images: many of these are Artivive-enabled, which means there is a layer of augmented reality that can be accessed by scanning the image through the Artitive app. *CTE – chronic traumatic encephalopathy Continue reading Assessment 3.1 Practice and Research
When I made the Cats series, I had five paintings which I reduced to four because, not only was Cat 5 not black and so difficult to paint as a silhouette, she was also a very detailed tabby whose complexity … Continue reading Fifth Cat
This has probably been one of the most difficult units of the course so far. After the exercise/project hoops of previous modules, self-direction should have been exactly what I needed; after all, I have ploughed my own furrow throughout the whole course. But a significant proportion of 3.1 coincided with some monumental domestic issues that required immediate and sustained attention and led to my house being inside out and upside down as it was, hopefully, winter-proofed following the coldest I have ever been as an adult throughout what was in reality a relatively mild winter. As a result of both … Continue reading Unit evaluation, practice evaluation, and eyes on the future
I have in mind a collaborative effort between me and some of the local businesses in the High street, which would involve bespoke paintings for display in each of the premises, supported by digital presentations available as videos, Instagram and … Continue reading Degree material – the current plan
I am delighted to launch this exhibition; Explorations in Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, and Technology; at The Best Little Virtual Gallery hosted by Artsteps. As a peer critique group, we have been meeting monthly on Zoom to present and discuss … Continue reading Best Little Virtual Gallery
13th December 2022. Consider this a scrap book of ideas, clips, reminders, accumulated references, and images. “A Dissertation is a longer piece of academic writing. It should be between4000-6000 words long, or an equivalent presentation. Writing your Dissertationhas been split … Continue reading Dissertation – preparation log
I just noticed yesterday that my in-app videos of the Art in the Wild exhibition (in the underpass, between the fields, and next to the river) have been attracting quite a lot of attention. Nora has had 1863 views Charlie 1806 views George 1359 views And Flora, 623 views. She has 100% likes though, which might matter if she could count. (Come on people, bump up poor Flora’s stats, she’s a proper cutie!) In-app posts are videos I make using the Artivive app which I then post to my channel, they’re not in–situ recordings made by visiting viewers. My all-time … Continue reading YouTube channel views
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