It’s been fabulous. My whole family at home, midnight walks to help Patrick shield. The Dogs just love snuffing around Hyde park on a balmy night. Sunbathing on the roof painting cooking, films, reading. Rather an old fashioned way of being. Zoom school is coming to a close and now we just wait to see…
Tag: Um. Thoughts.
Splitting light in Newton’s bedchamber.
Life is so lovely and slow, punctuated by painting, cooking and sleep. Very little to stress about, creativity and clarity abound. Newton self isolating from the plague – nice article from the New Yorker. I listened to a fascinating presentation, a collaborative mission for the further understanding and acceptance of those who are neurodiverse within…
Why make art ?- Mark Bradford – Bell Tower.
Mark Bradford said that he’d wanted to make something that felt both ancient and modern when he made the Bell Tower. “Whether you like it or not, it’s contemporary art in an airport, and it does exactly what I wanted it to do—makes people think.”
Why and how – painting.
This is a question that I return to again and again. What, the subject matter is easier. I have so much to explore, respond to and reflect on. With each painting project I give myself rules to keep things simple. I do this to avoid the danger of drowning the idea in the experiment. ”how”…
My Final RCA Assessment- thoughts planes.
In my final assessment, Adam, my tutor pointed out that I’m using another artist methods to express my thoughts and reflect, Yes I’m using their methodologies I see that and I see the riso prints were me, my methodology. I took the tearing and sticking and put it on one plane. Amy Stillman did that,…
Corona virus, Art and Lockdown
There is no hot spot map for the UK. Every virus/ crisis that has ever been contained has had a hot spot map. Mark Bradford taught me that, along with W.H.O. The UK needs hot spot maps to work out why this virus affects some more than others and to contain and trace it. Cerbarus…
Corona Sunday March 2020: I plotted my path, read and viewed.
Some great shows, enjoying the peer mentoring and watched the virus war unfold. The Italian spirit has impressed me some great balcony singing- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDRiINXik00 My mother tried to get in the health centre during a deep clean and we have been enjoying the quiet streets galleries and public transport. Preparing for lockdown. I may get…
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