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Detail from Come Unto the Corn by the author
: “Prompted by some several discussions on Twitter (particularly one thread from author Adrian Bott) prompted by yet another article about Folk Horror films I wanted to set out some thoughts about Folk Horror. From…”
Bark mask by the author
: “Shortly before Christmas David Southwell (he of Hookland Guide fame) and I met up for a few festive beers in London. We spoke about many things, but one topic that has been buzzing around my head since…”
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The Procession, charcoal drawing by the author
: “When I come to the end of a year it never feels like I’ve got anywhere as much work done as I wanted to. This year has been much the same. I know the year has been dominated by politics, particularly…”
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “I’ve now finished the first 5 of my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings. I wish I could show you them at their full size—one metre high—rather than the relatively small digital photographs…”
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “I'm increasingly convinced that the country is temporally fractured, and we should be expecting a visit from Sapphire & Steel any time now. Everything seems to operate on skewed oneiric logic. Everyone…”
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “A few days ago on Twitter I was thinking out loud about the film The Witch, which I watched on Saturday evening, specifically about its relationship to the theme of Folk Horror which is getting some interesting…”
Contents of the Shadows of the Hinterlandscape box set
: “Selling artwork is always difficult, especially in the UK for some reason. People are reluctant to buy artwork - maybe they think it’s expensive or that you need to be an expert in the “art world”…”
Masks made by the author
: “Over on Twitter yesterday I posted a series of tweets that, merged together, went something like this: What I need is Brighton people who will dress up in masks like those in the photo [above] and…”
Three prints by the author now available to buy in instalments
: “Last week I put up a Twitter poll to gauge the reaction to an idea I had. The question was “Would being able to pay for a piece of my artwork in smaller monthly instalments make you more likely to buy…”
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 like…”
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. I should probably clarify that a bit: I don’t want to read piles of books…”
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. On Friday I walked for hours following the ghostline of the Berlin Wall,…”
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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 - the…”
: “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. As a child I…”
: “By the time you read this I will have successfully self-published a book of my own artwork. I may also, by this time, be collapsed in a heap on the floor since it has been a slow and sometimes difficult…”
: “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 deliver…”
: “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 done…”
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. My main reason for preferring Assemble is that…”
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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. It seems to be a particularly British thing: in general people in the US and continental Europe…”
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 as…”
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