I came across this great community last year, but only managed a coupled of contributions. This year, as I step further into self-directed work, I am determined to do something for every theme. Joining the challenge has three simple rules: Post the banner for the month’s theme as well as work in progress on your… Read More →
Tag: Inspiration
The Art of Installation
Exploration of the installation artists that have had an impact on me
Werner Herzog: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
One of the joys of being on the MFA is the seemingly never-ending range of sources of inspiration. Regular film screenings are running and I was fortunate to catch ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ (‘Cave’). I had seen other Herzog work a while ago, the documentary series dealing with Death Row, the Enigma of Caspar Hauser… Read More →
London Gallery Tour: November 2019
I spent some time on descriptive reflection (in my critical journal) after the visits so this represents my more analytical consideration of what I gained from the visits. It was an extraordinarily rich day and I suspect this is probably part one, as I let some of the influences filter through my thought processes. At… Read More →
Lee Krasner – Barbican Gallery
This is a show of epic proportions, and rightly so. Lee’s character as a woman and an artist comes across powerfully in the works, the interpretative materials and the compilation video on show on the ground floor. I am immediately drawn into her work, her story and the sheer impact of the canvases. Dynamic, energised,… Read More →
Daisuke Yokota
There are no stories in my work. There is only what the viewers find within it for themselves. I am more interested in exploring time and multiple possibilities that exist in reality. One artist I am aware I keep coming back to, is Daisuke Yokota and I am grateful to Russell Murray for introducing me… Read More →
Abstract Expressionism: knowing my influences
There is no abstract, you must always start with something. Picasso In contemplating where the drive to create the abstractions for my recent projects comes from I am reminded of Anais Nin’s quote, ‘we don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.’ It is obvious to me that I should turn… Read More →