Indexicality

David Hockney talks about Picassos works in his book, A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen. Specifically, he examines this painting of an owl, although I’m not sure if he realised this was Picasso’s pet owl which he adopted while working in his studio in Antibes. Hockney explains in detail that…

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April Cross Roads

Sunday 18th April 2021. It has been a productive week screen printing in the studio, bringing my past forward and moving on in to the future. Editing my thoughts and references to try and find a way though to some sort of resolution. I have had the ‘I’m giving up’,’its hopeless’, and many OMG moments,…

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Artists and ideas to research in connection to my practice.

The Rules of Robert Rauschenberg – https://www.tate.org.uk/rules-of-rauschenberg Mark Bradford – https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/2838-mark-bradford Lee Krasner – https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/lee-krasner-1441 Gerhard Richter painting – http://www.gerhardrichterpainting.com/ lucie attwell – peter pan – https://apps.lib.umich.edu/online-exhibits/exhibits/show/seven-fantasy-classics/peter-pan Far away tree Peter Doig, Mary Oliver – https://g.co/kgs/gBpr2v John Baldessari – https://g.co/kgs/2jiffQ Picture library. Knowledge may bring good and set you free the trick is to know…

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Learning

We cannot assimilate knowledge without learning so my question is how do we learn. methodology and pedagogy Socrates – Pedagogy is an art (5th century BC). The main difference between Pedagogy and Methodology is that the Pedagogy is a discipline that deals with the theory and practice of education and Methodology is a systematic, theoretical analysis of the…

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Material Research

Finally after a lot of wrinckles my canvas is as smooth as a babies bottom. I always think I won’t mind but I always do, the process of repair and rebuild has been incredibly satisfying and I have become quite involved with this process. I think the process of repair holds meaning for me. It…

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