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Artist Nuria Rovira and I have an on-going ‘Writing Exchange’ that started when we were running the artist collective The GAP Studio. We take it in turn to write an essay to each other, in an on-going conversation on place-based making. This essay is my most recent response. Readers don’t need to have read the…… Continue reading Essay: Making In Place

I’ve always used moving as a mental escape, as a way to make the present better. The series of paintings I worked on last Autumn are part of this. The act of painting from memory involves accessing memories, delving into a world in my mind of visceral feelings from my past, and portraying them on…… Continue reading Belonging & Memory

For the month of March I will living and working in St. Ives, Cornwall as a resident artist at Porthmeor studios. The residency is supported by the Freelands Foundation and I am so excited to go down there! To make the most of the opportunity, I want to start thinking intentionally now about how I…… Continue reading Upcoming residency at Porthmeor Studios with Freelands Foundation

Phenomenology has been central to my practice for a long while. I read Maurice Merleu-Ponty’s essay on Cezzanne (name) as an undergrad and it shaped my practice for years to come. I no longer think phenomenology is how I relate to my work. I don’t think I believe any longer that there is an objective…… Continue reading Phenomenology thoughts…

I actually looked at my painting in progress. Eyes stopped flitting, mind stopped on overdrive. Eyes sloooowed. I looked, that’s it. The textures, colours, edges of shapes, layers of paint, energy on the surface. I opened myself up to what was right in front of me the whole time. My feet stopped floating and I…… Continue reading I actually looked

I have been thinking a lot recently about community and morality. These are two very serious words! They conflict with my urban, displaced and twenty-something stage in life typically associated with the flighty, frivolous and selfish years. I read this book a few months ago: Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Johnathon…… Continue reading Johnathon Sacks and community

I painted this kind of theatre set – the two trees, the bush, the sky, the red blob of inside the kitchen. It’s a scene I did from memory in Devon in Spring earlier this year: Then I put so many layers of glaze over the whole thing. Pushing back these shapes, some parts more…… Continue reading The Devon two trees painting progress

As an artist, I think a lot about what I’m going to do; the actions I will take on materials. But what about where these materials, where I, am coming from? This is a change of perspective which shifts from thinking about the future to thinking about the past. Rather than considering ‘how will I…… Continue reading The past and the future in the act of making