Well it's been a while since my last blog post! The images I've just uploaded have come from an artist-in-residence at Pocklington Community Junior School. It's been a long and very enjoyable process involving lots of painting and some fantastic work by the children. The project started with the children's ideas on what 'Our School' meant to them and I've... show more
Where does time as an artist go? I definitely had more spare time (and certainly more disposable income) when I worked as a full time teacher. Yet, I now have the best of both worlds in that I get to paint murals, undertake commissions, do residencies such as this one and still teach visual arts part time in the community. The reality is ...... show more
Monday was a day of preparation and practical work. It was good to be at High Melton in the morning and I’d like to say thanks to Simon and the third year graphics students for allowing me to share their room. Everyone made me feel welcome. Good luck with the competition entries guys and thanks for showing me your work!!!... show more
Whilst I appreciate and enjoy three out of the four seasons in Britain, I do have a bit of an ongoing issue with Winter! Add sub-zero temperatures to a lack of daylight and I feel an overwhelmingly primitive urge to (a) migrate, (b) hibernate. Since migration wasn’t an option this year, I’ve pretty much adopted a squirrel-like lifestyle, i.e., stock... show more
Knee-deep snow has meant that I’ve been able to get on with preparing a third album of images based on my experiences of going home. This time I’ve experimented with creating a record of my route around the town that is based on an Australian Aboriginal approach where maps are created without any written reference points such as street names... show more
Many experiences in and around my home town of Castleford in West Yorkshire have contributed to making me the person I am today. So, I’ve spent the past couple of weeks exploring this place-based connection through three sets of images which will inform my first trip to the darkroom to produce some photograms. The countryside surrounding the Aire and Calder... show more
I spent my first session at HM yesterday and had a great time outdoors exploring the grounds with camera and sketchbook. However, the most interesting part of the day was down to a random meeting of strangers. I’d like to thank David and Gareth for inviting me to share their table at the Boat, and providing me with an unexpected, yet... show more
And so it begins…. but, before I get on with Pushing Boundaries it’s necessary to identify and explore them first! So, the boundaries identified for this project are cultural in nature and relate to place, identity and visual expression. To explain… being born in a particular place and into a particular culture certainly makes a difference to the types of... show more
