The Bark Mask Revisited
The Bark Mask
: “I started making the Bark Mask back in 2012, and used the early version in a series of photographs (Bark Mask 01, Bark Mask 02, Bark Mask 03). …”
Blogposts tagged as “Art”
Art Junky 15
: “I’m having a stall at Art Junky 15 on Saturday March 28th 2015, 11am-5pm, with friend and fellow artist Margaret Kemp: …”
Artists are controlled by words
A smeuse in a hedge (although being in central Brighton, it’s more likely to have been made by people than the regular passage of a small animal)
: “Politicians try to control debate with phrases and concepts - you know they’re at it when you suddenly start hearing all the members of one party laboriously forcing a particular set phrase into…”
A Post about Life Models
Life Drawing by the authorn, 2010
: “When I was an art student, and in the years shortly after finishing art school, I was lucky enough to have a number of friends who were happy to life model for me for free, just as well as I was…”
The Reading Pile
: “I seem to have got into the habit of only posting long-form posts here - reasonably long blog posts of 1200+ words. This is not a bad thing, but it has had the effect of making me shy away from…”
Brighton Bazaar February 2015
Brighton Bazaar poster, February 2015
: “Building on what I learnt about running an art stand at the December 2014 “Brighton Bazaar”, Margaret Kemp and I will be doing the same again this coming weekend at the February Brighton Bazaar. …”
On fairy tales and witches
Agostino Veneziano (fl. 1509–1536), The Witches’ Rout (The Carcass). Engraving, c. 1520.
: “I’ve recently started reading Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner - something which coincided with a visit to the Witches & Wicked Bodies exhibition at the British…”
Some thoughts on the Brighton Bazaar
The author at his stall (photograph courtesy of Margaret Kemp)
: “This past weekend I ran a stall at the Brighton Bazaar with my friend & fellow artist Margaret Kemp selling our artwork. It's the first time I’ve done something like this—previously I've only sold…”
Brighton Bazaar - 20th December 2014
: “Apologies for the lapse in blog posts over the past few weeks. It’s been a busy time. …”
On selling my art and seeing it sold
: “Like most artists I create artwork because I feel that I need to - for me it’s a necessary process to manifest the non-verbal web of thoughts in my head, which when completed leaves me feeling…”
Art Postcards
A new set of postcards of my drawings
: “A couple of weeks ago I decided to get a set of postcards made of four of my drawings, and they’re now available to order on the shop section of this website (£3.50 for the set of 4 postcards,…”
Drawing as a principle medium, or, “why I love drawing” (Part One)
: “As an artist I’ve always been drawing, even when my professed medium has been painting, collage & assemblage, photography, or printmaking. …”
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Sketches, Masks, and Trinkets
: “I wrote about my ideas for the next series of photographs/prints in a post in February and since then I’ve been working on the mask and other props, and drawing out some very quick (5 minute)…”
Masks, Deception, and Truth
Detail from Badb Catha (5), by the author
: “I was asked recently why I used masks that are obviously masks in my photographs, rather than using some digital manipulation to produce monstrous photo-realistic visages like those produced by…”
Ideas for a New Piece
The Blindfolded Seeress - sketch and print
: “I’ve started putting my ideas together for the next series of artwork, which will probably consist of a lino print as well as a series of photographs. …”
Blindfolded Seeress - first prints printed
: “Well, it’s come a long way from the first scribbled sketches I posted on this blog in January – the first 13ʺ × 10ʺ fine art giclée print is now up for sale in the online shop. …”
Read the rest of “Blindfolded Seeress - first prints printed”…
The Blindfolded Seeress - First Images
: “About 3 weeks ago I posted some rough sketches and notes on this blog for a new project called “The Blindfolded Seeress”. …”
The Blindfolded Seeress
: “I'm currently working through some ideas for a new series of artwork based around the mythic figure of the Blindfolded Seeress. …”
Give me your Christmas money!
: “Give me your Christmas money! …”
Masks made 2012-2013
: “I’ve been reviewing the masks I made over 2012-2013. …”