The Procession, charcoal drawing by the author
: “As I’ve been developing a body of artwork about myth and masked mythic characters over the past few years my thought process has frequently been drawn to the concept of ritual. Not everyday rituals…”
Photograph by the author
: “I have a confession to make: I don’t particularly like some of the new nature writing. Some of the old stuff bores me too. …”
Battlefield, by Käthe Kollwitz, 1908 (engraved 1921), etching with aquatint, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 25727. Public domain.
: “I’m just back from a 2-day holiday in Berlin, a city where the ghosts lie close to the surface, cross-hatching the modern city. …”
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The Procession, charcoal drawing by the author
: “It’s been a busy few months, and I realise I haven’t been blogging as frequently as last year. The main reasons for this is that I’ve been doing a lot more artwork (such as the drawing above -…”
: “If you’re in the UK then you’ll probably be aware of the threat to public libraries due to local government cuts imposed as part of the Conservative government’s dogma of austerity. …”
: “January is two-thirds gone, but things are coming together. I just received an email from my printers: the books of my artwork have been printed, and I just have to wait for them to bind them and…”
: “I wanted to do a quick review of the artwork I’ve produced this year, not just to show it all to you, but also for my own benefit: as an artist sometimes you forget how much work you’ve actually…”
Assemble
: “I didn’t watch the Turner Prize announcement last night, but I’m glad that Assemble won - looking at the nominees they seemed by far the best choice. …”
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Life drawing (detail) by the author
: “The consensus amongst artists I’ve spoken to is that British people very rarely buy original artwork. …”
Photographs taken from the edge of the wood at midnight
: “Photographs taken from the edge of the wood at midnight is the title I finally decided on for my set of 4 photographs (taken at various shoots between 2013 and 2015). Like many things, it came to me…”
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Moss figure (detail), by the author
: “The “Moss Figure” is an image that’s been haunting my mind since I was a child. …”
: “Whilst browsing around the web over the past couple of weeks I discovered Just a Card, a campaign to encourage people to buy postcards/greetings cards from artists and independent galleries on the…”
Detail of one of the author's Badb Catha photographs
: “The discussion of the Eerie continues to grow, mainly on Twitter and blogs, but also in the real world. …”
Life drawing (detail) by the author
: “As I approach my next art project I’ve just reviewed the amounts I pay people who model for my photography or drawing from the rates I discussed in this earlier post. …”
The author's Death mask photograph projected behind the Champagne Bubblies and Lux Interior's coffin
: “A very short blog post today just to share a couple of pics from A Brightonian Death, the Brighton Fringe event where one of my Death Mask photographs was used: projected on the screen behind the…”
Stonehenge, by the author
: “I’ve just got back from Wiltshire where we’ve been wandering around the prehistoric ritual landscape that includes Stonehenge. …”
Death Mask (detail) by the author
: “One of my Death Mask photographs is going to be used in the programme for A Brightonian Death on the evening May 28, part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. …”
Black Aquarius
: “A collection of interesting links that I saved for later consumption on Feedly whilst on my travels over the past couple of weeks: …”
Photograph by the author
: “I’m typing this in a hotel lobby at the corner of Lexington and East 37th in Manhattan, and I can’t think of anywhere further removed from the subjects on my mind: wilderness, mythic archetypes,…”
The author's stall at ArtJunky
: “So, I did another stall at a local art fair (Art Junky at the Brighton Phoenix, as mentioned in this post earlier this month) displaying and selling my prints. …”
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