Pottering agreeably. Drawings for the man expelled by force, spotted in Narbonne. Flaming swords a step too far??
In Amsterdam, by luck, I met Lino Hellings. She advised me to keep my work diary on-line, exposing my work methods rather than protecting them, risking the humiliation involved in failure. So:celebrate error. In my heart I knew this to be a good idea. My brain, horrified, fortunately tells me it will be too boring for anyone to read.
Monday, 14 February 2022
Sunday, 13 February 2022
13 02 2022
Surprised - delighted- to be asked by old friend-and-collegue Dex Wright to make a piece for Digital Place in Lincoln.
Provisionally called Messages in search of a bottle, it will be drawings and cork and therefore easy to send [hush my mouth - post Brexit nothing is easy]
He also proposes a zine which sounds like a good plan too. Absolutly nothing in it except an exercise in hermeticism.
When the studio is finally cleaned - nearly, nearly - I will make a start.
Friday, 11 February 2022
11 02 2022
This from old student friend - back in the day still recall the endless talking in coffee bars with Hugh Hawes and Rich Allen, the subjective arguement and many others which are still being expressed here in his video....
https://vimeo.com/675323835
Thursday, 10 February 2022
10 02 2022
Spotted in The Art of Islam show in Narbonne - more consellations, nice.
The other thing that I'm interested in (though not-nice) was watching a man being hurled through a doorway by three security guards. Still ponderin'.
Sunday, 6 February 2022
07 02 2022
Been laid up with a startlingly violent stomach bug and now off to Narbonne for Bobs birthday.
This blog is getting to be full of excuses for not working.
Thursday, 3 February 2022
04 02 2022
The colours in this don't show in a photo - which reminds me of a dinner in London about 30 years ago where artists were discussing whether it was worth making anything that didn't reproduce well. In those days hardly anyone had heard of David Jones because his delicacy made reproduction a farce, but nowadays its easy. Interestingly the artists present didn't see a problem and would do what they do, but the commentators there were uneasy.
Will try and get a better snap because I think its done.