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Graves of Infants

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:54 +0000

Inspired by the poem Graves of Infants by John Clare -

'Infants' graves are steps of angels where

Earth's brightest gems of innocence repose;

God is their parent, they need no tear,

He takes them to his bosom from earth's woes,

A bud their life time and a flower their close'.

The Lamentations of Round-Oak Waters

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:51 +0000

This painting was based on John Clare escape from the asylum -

'With arms reclin'd upon my knee

In melancholy form,

I bow'd my head to misery

And yielded to the storm'.

Gate Way

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:48 +0000

The poet John Clare in later life was committed to an asylum, the Gate Way is symbolic of his inability to access the land which he loved so much.

Glinton Spire

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:45 +0000

Inspired by the poem Glinton Spire, where John Clare recalls his childhood sweetheart Mary -

'I think where Mary's memory stays

I think where pleasant memory dwells,

I think of happy school boy days,

And lie and listen Glinton Bells'

Graves of Infants

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:12:26 +0000

Work based on John Clare's Poem Graves of Infants -

' Their lives were nothing but a sunny shower,

Melting on the flowers as tears melt from the eye:'

Serene

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:46:13 +0000

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Skylark

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:46:09 +0000

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Yellowhammer

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:46:06 +0000

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White Hares

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:46:00 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

Mountain High

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:45:57 +0000

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Magenta

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:45:55 +0000

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Untitled

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:45:53 +0000

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Tree

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:45:51 +0000

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Graves of Infants

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:54 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

Inspired by the poem Graves of Infants by John Clare -

'Infants' graves are steps of angels where

Earth's brightest gems of innocence repose;

God is their parent, they need no tear,

He takes them to his bosom from earth's woes,

A bud their life time and a flower their close'.

The Lamentations of Round-Oak Waters

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:51 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

This painting was based on John Clare escape from the asylum -

'With arms reclin'd upon my knee

In melancholy form,

I bow'd my head to misery

And yielded to the storm'.

Gate Way

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:48 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

The poet John Clare in later life was committed to an asylum, the Gate Way is symbolic of his inability to access the land which he loved so much.

Glinton Spire

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:45 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

Inspired by the poem Glinton Spire, where John Clare recalls his childhood sweetheart Mary -

'I think where Mary's memory stays

I think where pleasant memory dwells,

I think of happy school boy days,

And lie and listen Glinton Bells'

A winter's night

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:20:07 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

Graves of Infants

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:12:26 +0000

Sandra Greenacre posted a photo:

Work based on John Clare's Poem Graves of Infants -

' Their lives were nothing but a sunny shower,

Melting on the flowers as tears melt from the eye:'

AA2A residency at Liverpool Community College

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:19:43 +0000

(Originally posted on my usual blog...)

Bit of a late update, this, but a few weeks ago I was accepted onto an AA2A (artists' access to art colleges) residency at Liverpool Community College, along with three others.

Having been at the college for three years as a student, and then completing my second PGCE placement there, it's like being back at home, and I've told them that they're never going to get rid of me because I like it too much here.

Today was the second day I've spent in college, and I think it's going pretty well. I'm working on something inspired by some of the poems of W.H. Auden, and up to this point I've got a lot of drawings of birds (how good did it feel to be able to say "well, I've just spent the morning drawing rooks, really"?) and some planning sketches for a series of triptychs based around three poems, 'The Witnesses', 'The Wanderer' and 'The Watchers'. I thought I might as well go for a bit of alliteration, too.

Probably the strangest thing at the minute is that I've actually got money to spend on materials, thanks to the AA2A's funding. I know that without it, it would be some time before I was able to make this work.

Nicola Roscoe-Calvert

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:08:41 +0100

My previous work has drawn on dreams, leading me to experiment with ways of interpreting "non-concrete" ideas. I have also taken inspiration from stories, poems and songs, looking to present my own response to abstract images, and during my residency I would like to undertake an investigation into the poems of W.H. Auden.

Irena Kalodera

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:29:09 +0100

AA2A scheme at Kingston University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture provided me with the opportunity of an intense working period of time, which built a momentum towards a new body of work. Having had the access to equipment and facilities principally within the Filmmaking Department, allowed me to work on a more ambitious project, play with new ideas while enhancing my present practice. My aim was to produce a new film set around the workshops of Kingston University Schools of Fine Art and Communication Design, shot on 16mm, and edit this footage with the super 8 and digital video recordings also taken within the premises of the school. This has been my first attempt to combine different types of visual recordings in one unified group of pieces, combined with a set of objects produced in the Ceramics workshop.

June Nelson

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:27:02 +0100

My practice is research based and has resulted in painting, installation, sculpture, drawing, and book-works for exhibition, using various media from wax and graphite powder to plaster, paint or found objects. I am interested in the nature of the objectivity we seek when looking in mirrors, constructing and consulting maps to understand our place in the world or making signs warning us to keep away from the edge. This has resulted in blind mirror sculptures, a graphite-lined chamber (‘The Cabinet of Imagined Mirrors’), an assemblage of cartographical curiosities, and paintings of isolation: the most recent being ‘Caravanserai’, a series of small paintings in almost matching pairs. Some of the caravans are real; some fictional; all started with a photograph, a film still or a literary reference. While hinting at the dweller within, the paintings offer little information to the viewer; merely suggesting ungraspable, individual narratives. This element of suggestion and something physically elusive is often present in my work, whether looking at reflective surfaces or watching for the point of turning in the tides. My current project, based around flood-waters and their effects on individuals, is evolving as part of a series of curated site-specific works. At Kingston I hope to develop the project in various ways, exploring the use of text/‘found’ poems to make an artist’s book & series of prints, and experimenting with both physical and digital methods of using written words, objects and the element of water for further installations.