After seven weeks of solid work, fuelled by unaccustomed amounts of coffee, cocktails, ready meals and ice cream, the date of my solo show at 44AD rolls around. Although I thought I’d hit the ground…
Posts tagged Art
61. Art Residency wks 5-8: Those razor blades won’t paint themselves
By week five I am more than halfway through the art residency in Bath, and the clock is starting to tick quite loudly. I know I’m going to be taking a week out for some…
60. Art residency wk 4: No more Nessun Dorma
It is the week when the two Universities of Bath have their graduation ceremonies in the Abbey. This means it’s now possible for me to pop out for a coffee, and return forty-five minutes later…
59. Art Residency wk 3: Out and about
It is already week 3 of my nine-week residency, and you may be wondering how I said yes to such a long project, without sorting out my accommodation first? Well, to be honest, I have…
58. Art Residency wk 2: Sharp stuff
After my excited purchase of a shed-load of sharp knives, I gather all the glues, tapes, base-boards, and other stuff I think I might need, and head back down the M4 to Bath. Once there,…
57. Art Residency wk 1: Back to Bath
It’s only in movies where the grief-stricken get to lie in bed for a year, looking badly made-up yet still delicately beautiful, not even rising to go to the loo apparently, whilst someone else handily encourages them to eat.
52. Welcome to my happy place
I have never seen the point of a diary-style blog that only tells half the story. Ergo, as we travelled around Europe in our massive RV, I detailed the numerous mistakes we made and pitfalls…
46. Life in the languid lane
It is a truth universally acknowledged that life-on-wheels is a constant round of adventure and excitement; strange places, new people, challenging food and awesome sights. And it probably is for people with mountains of money….
43. Beer, Beatles and bats
I’m flying to Prague and thinking about Shakespeare. He coined the phrase, ‘The world is mine oyster’, but I reckon he’d be mind-blown at the ease with which we all globe-trot these days. It’s all become…