Bacchanalia Beneath the Wind Turbines, by the author
: “Back in July I wrote a post here called The futility of constructing a better past & the necessity of imagining a better future, the essence of which was a rant against (what seems to be) an…”
: “Artists often take photos of their exhibitions being put up, but never after they’ve been taken down: nothing to see here, please move along. …”
: “My Acid Renaissance: Arcana exhibition opened on Friday evening, and it seems to be going well so far. …”
: “I’m really happy to let you all know that I’m having a new exhibition here in Hastings in August this year, my first solo exhibition since Children of Mab in Treadwell’s bookshop in London back…”
A detail of The Bride of the Sun (3), from my Acid Renaissance series
: “I haven’t seen 28 Years Later yet, but it’s already on my list of things to watch ASAP, and Rowan Lee’s (relatively spoiler-free) analysis of it in 28 Years Later: Where Folk Horror Meets the…”
A previously unpublished photograph from The Bride of the Sun
: “As I try to pull myself out of my current bout of artistic block and resume work on my Acid Renaissance series, I think it’s worthwhile—if only for myself!—trying to put together a new…”
: “Cormac Pentecost’s latest issue of the Temporal Boundary Newsletter chimed with me in many ways. …”
: “All-in-all 2024 has not been a very productive year in terms of artwork - mainly because of too much time and headspace spent in moving to a new home in Hastings, on top of my day job. …”
A detail from another shot in the Marsh Spirit photoshoot
: “Most of the time I have at least some idea who the characters that I photograph are. Not so in this case - I came up with the title of The Marsh Spirit after the event. …”
Photograph by the author
: “I am once again pondering if/how to make some short video pieces for my Acid Renaissance series. …”
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A detail from another shot in the Lamia photoshoot
: “Two weekends ago my studio in my flat here in Hastings got its first proper use: a session of life-drawing (drawings below) followed by the Lamia photoshoot (prints of which are available here). …”
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: “The following piece written by me was originally printed in volume 3 of Lost Futures zine, published in August 2021 by the now defunct Exit Press. With Lost Futures now out-of-print, it is…”
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: “I’ve recently started to feel like my Acid Renaissance series is finally coming to a conclusion. There are perhaps three or four more pieces left to do, after which it will be finished. …”
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Detail from Saints & Martyrs
: “This image has been a long time coming. …”
: “This is a quick blog post to let you all know that I have an article about my current Acid Renaissance series of artwork in the forthcoming issue of Undefined Boundary: The Journal of Psychick Albion…”
Silbury Hill, Avebury - photograph by the author
: “A post by web developer Jeremy Keith (who, by coincidence, is also based in Brighton & Hove) came up in my RSS feeds today entitled After the end. …”
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Previously unpublished shot of The Duellist, part of the Acid Renaissance series, by the author.
: “The Duellist — of which I’ve published two versions: The Duellist (1) and The Duellist (2) — has been hanging around the inside of my head for a few months now, maybe longer. …”
Previously unpublished shot from the series Study of a Figure in the Court of Queen Mab, part of the Acid Renaissance series, by the author.
: “As I continue with the final preparation for my Saints & Martyrs artwork (which I wrote about back in August), most of my thoughts have been about surrealism. …”
Detail from one of my test photographs taken on Friday 28th July
: “July was starting to look very sparse of any artwork until, I’m happy to report, the final weekend. …”
Detail from A Haunting of Roses
: “A Haunting of Roses first appeared as a scribbled note in my notebooks sometime in early 2018. …”