art and about - a blog
eye on the sky
Is it just me or are the skies in lockdown more spectacular than ever: more colourful and crisper with more extravagant clouds decorating the vista? Maybe it’s the absence of planes and cars. Maybe it’s because lockdown has forced me to slow down and enjoy my immediate surroundings…
how to commission art featuring your house
A few weeks ago, deep into lockdown, I was contacted by journalist Lisa Grainger, Deputy Editor of The Times Luxx Magazine. She was researching an article for the Bricks and Mortar section
the colours and shapes of lockdown
I saw beautiful abstract patterns on Wandsworth roundabout (and that’s not something you expect to say), a gorgeous pallette of colours round a drain and two beautiful swans on a gate. I was mesmerised by nature’s ability to create its very own abstract masterpices
making an exhibition of myself
…with seven shows cancelled, the isolation of lockdown has made me realise even more strongly how much I miss taking part in art fairs. So, I thought I’d write about what it’s like to take part in The Other Art Fair, one of my favourites….
fluffy things in lockdown
I’m easily distracted. Don’t get me wrong, I love my work and I love being busy but when a family of eleven goslings appear near your flat every day during lockdown productivity goes out the window.
lockdown laughs - a poem
As lockdown lingered on my brain turned to mush and I began to see more and more strange things. Here are a few things I think I saw…
‘artist in residence’ at the bankside hotel
When my gallery Contemporary Collective invited me to be a ‘Maker in Residence’ at the Bankside Hotel art studio last summer I was almost packed and ready to move in before the conversation finished. It’s a huge space, so big that it took five of me to set everything up…
how to become an artist and other stories…
I’ve always wanted to become an artist. As you can tell from my early work I have a great sense of perspective. Who hasn’t seen football players with boots bigger than their heads, or a policeman with shoes larger than their entire body?