Category: Third Year

I paint trees, and they are an integral part of my location based practice, but when was the last time I read a book on trees?! I think this is the time to do so. I came across this book in the library when it was on show, and was drawn to the images in…… Continue reading Reading: ‘Trees’ by Andreas Feininger

^ Set up! ^ My canvas was right next to the gap in the canopy where I imagined the sculpture to be. I decided to bring my big glass palette out with me to paint on instead of using layers of greaseproof paper on some weird support! Since I was painting right near my studio…… Continue reading Next plein air painting process!

Artist, Curator, Director @garth.gratrix He actively looks for artist residencies. Sculpture and instillation to deal with his personal experience of being a gay man. If you live in a small art ecology, bring artists in to where you are. He runs the residency ‘WORK/LEISURE’. How can you host as an artist and curator? He works…… Continue reading Artist Talk: Garth Gratrix

I wanted to photograph the structure in the landscape, in the place that I pictured the structure in the landscape in my next painting. Placing the sculpture in the right place and taking the photo from the right angle is surprisingly difficult. These are some failed attempts: I wanted the sculpture to allign with the…… Continue reading Photographing the sculpture in the landscape

This was the first time I had displayed any sculpture outside of the studio. I had to consider how to display it with the painting so to facilitate a dialogue between the works, considering how their relationship in space can make an impression on the viewer. With advice from Roy, gallery owner, I placed the…… Continue reading Co-curating and exhibiting in the show un/covered, organised by UNA.

I was recommended by Emma to look at this artist because his work is aesthetically similar to mine. His works seems to deal with abstract landscapes, be that landscapes of the mind, the memory or a place (or all three). I have hardly been able to find any writing or any published books on his…… Continue reading Artist: Joe Packer

< I have decided to re-visit this painting that I thought I had completed only last week! I wrote about what was wrong with it here. But after being with the painting for a little longer, and talking about it with a friend, I realised I could adjust the structure lines which might resolve the…… Continue reading Re-working a thought to be finished painting

Going back to wide angle lens vs normal lens, I thought this image that Nuria sent me was relevant: She sent me this footage of a church (the Tibidabo basilica in Barcelon, Spain). The angle and height of the church is great for comparing to my structure images and thinking about which lens is best.…… Continue reading Wide angle lens vs. normal lens

It’s great to be able to have works of different mediums next to each other in the studio. It shows how much stronger the oil painting is at creating a sense of space and depth. And how much dimensionally stronger the structure in the oil painting is, because the lines have been layered under and…… Continue reading Comparing my oil painting to my ink paintings

To paint the structure onto the canvas I used the method I developed last academic year, which involves a few steps…Firstly photographing the sculpture from the angle I want in the painting. This is a series of trial and error – taking multiple photos and picking one think will best suite the painting. Then I…… Continue reading Adding structure lines and the finished painting