Dear friends! I have missed you so!
I’ve been away so long, I’ll have to relay the whys and the what-have-yous in bits and dribs over a number of future posts, but regardless of that, I am back!
Through these many absent months I’ve been moving and making, 
arranging and sorting,
unsorting and rearranging.
Dismantling, re-mantling,
then back round again and over and the other way.
And over again and again.
It’s been a dizzy spin.
I’m happy to be home now!
the wish book continues
the modelling paste and stencil thing has been a recent obsession so my pages are getting lumpier, but in a pleasingly ordered, symmetrical way!
Mmmmm, snippy paper bits too. Lots of them.
and as though to reiterate.
(Yes, that H does look upsidedown, I thought that too)
a little while ago I might have mentioned I was invited to participate in a local exhibition. Well, today I delivered my things to the gallery, and this evening I spotted one of my pics on their website. Wowzers! This is seeming quite real now! But more wowzing yet to come: I checked out the gallery’s facebook page & whaduknow, my pic is their cover pic!
Happy gal! 🙂
Hi folks, hope you’ve all had a great weekend. I had a surprise visit from 2 old friends last night which was wonderful, but meant I didn’t to bed last night til so late it was morning and my ability to do much at all today has been scuppered!
That said, I have finally sat down and written my Artist Statement. Wow, how many times have I put this off ?! It’s in its first draft stage, but if anyone has a mo to glance over it and offer thoughts that would be most kind of you. I think I have the main essence there but the more I read and over read it just scrambles into a clumsy goo of words. I haven’t even printed it off yet (cos those typos show up better on paper than on screen!) so there might be glaringly obvs mistakes I’m screen-blind to.
Now, I’m off to take this weary brain to bed, go rest up for a big bright new week ahead! G’night all 🙂 X
Currently studying for a BA in Fine Art as a mature student, I am a mixed media artist, with an emphasis on utilising reclaimed materials and found objects. I enjoy the process of reinvention which is echoed in my work by the underlying themes of impermanence, the cycle of life, and renewal.
Often beginning with a loose notion of color or form I work intuitively with a range of media, layering painted and hand printed materials in collage and with stitching. I work on several pieces in parallel, allowing space for ideas to incubate. In a process of construction and deconstruction, salvaged scraps and fragments relate to the emerging theme. Elements often migrate between projects; some pieces evolve over a period of years. As I introduce new techniques acquired through my studies, I am always innovating my practice.
I’m continually drawn to forms and structures found in nature, flowing rhythmic lines and recurring patterns. I also find inspiration in the fleeting visual ephemera, shadows, the play of light, and their transient interactions. I surround myself with color, fascinated by its powerfully expressive qualities. Driven by a fervent need to create and visually interpret thoughts; the process of my art is my meditation.
My style is influenced by a range of art and architecture. The Art Nouveau style, calligraphy and Islamic art all engage my interest in combining organic forms with repetition. The work of Naum Gabo, Louise Nevelson, Bridget Riley and the Cubist movement all appeal for their structural, dimensional aspects which challenge the viewer’s perception.
Hey folks, I’m back! Not that I’ve been anywhere else, I’ve been right here inside your computer, I just haven’t been getting the words and pictures out to you for a few weeks 😉
So here’s a little round up since I last posted……….
Looking back over the last few weeks I can see it’s been centred a lot around stencils and ink spraying
I treated myself to a bunch of bargain stencils a few weeks back. They were 1/2 price, it would’ve been sheer madness not to.
I also started making some of my own, cutting from acetate sheets, paper and card.
The paper/card ones are getting recycled into collages as (or before) their edges n corners begin to disintegrate!
Ooh and stapling! I seem to have about a gazillion boxes of staples… so naturally they’ve joined the art ingredients
This is just scuffing the surface of the iceberg of things I’ve been busying at – more pics to follow soon! 😉
We don’t always need fancy art materials, expensive equipment, or a vast amount of space for art….
I made this from galvanised garden wire, fuse wire & pliers,
light and shadows
I love the way the forms merge with the shadows!
Hey folks!
Today I took a bunch of my stuffs into college to use the photo studio – so I now have some properly lit pics to show you! 
There’s nothing to beat having a real expert set up the lighting and lend you their really good camera!
I’ve been invited to show some of my textile work in a little local exhibition,
so this is a little preview of what will be there!
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