Not all of being an artist is about painting, well I suppose it is if you want to be an amateur artist sitting at home, painting on wet afternoons, and filing the artwork under the bed to collect dust, and to be thrown away after you’ve died as your kids don’t know what to do with […]
I’m really excited about my forthcoming solo exhibitions at the Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporiums, starting with their Hoxton branch on 2nd September til 30th September, and following on at their Portobello branch in October. So, go to their Facebook page to see what they’re saying about it, and let them know if you’ll be attending……
I’m doing a lot of pedaling at the moment, and have a lot of balls of different shapes sizes and colours in the air, so much so that I feel like a circus performer (and you can never find one of those when you want one! ha ha). I’m in the process of updating my website, […]
My friend Stuart rang me yesterday to tell me I was mentioned in a local East Midlands paper, the Derby Telegraph. He had written a long article for the paper reminiscing about his wedding 50 years ago comparing it to the prices and times of nowadays. He regularly writes articles for their “Bygones” features describing […]
I’m still waiting patiently for my internet to be set up at the new house, so am having to blog where I can, on other computers. Not an ideal situation, but one I can work around, until I’m set up. At least I’ve got a landline now, althought that was a farce in the background […]
I was early. I had made a point of being early. Because I wasn’t sure what to expect, this was ALL new territory for me! I walked in to the reception at Radio Derby and was greeted by a smiling black girl – hardly surprising since this was the “African Caribbean Experience” show that I was […]
Well the Burton Library exhibition is going well and I’ve had some really good feedback from it already! But sometimes its not the selling of the art that brings in the results. It’s a bit like fishing, you throw the bait out and are never quite sure what you’re going to land from it…. For […]
The coffee was deeply delicious, rich and luxouriously strong, with just a touch of cream and sugar, and tasted more than sweet on my tongue, as I’d just unveiled the watercolour painting of St. Wystans church in Repton, and the elderly woman who had commissioned it had just told me how pleased she was with […]
After spending all week busily sorting out all the stuff I’ve got to do for Erotica, I managed a quick late night visit to my local pub the other night, and before I’d even walked through the door I was accosted by an acquaintance sitting outside with the smokers. The last time I’d seen him […]
As an artist you’d think I spent most of my time painting – and yet…….. I don’t. Yes, I do spend a LOT of it painting or drawing but the majority of my time is actually spent doing things that are part of being an artist – updating my website, writing this blog, looking for […]
…….This is just me musing out loud….. ….. every so often I have time to sit back and have a think about what I want, and how I’m going to get it. And if its a small thing I usually know exactly how I’m going to get it, and I go out and do just […]
It seems that if I’m not being creative painting a picture, I’m being creative putting words together to describe how I’m creative with producing my artwork. So, since I’ve finished the erotic landscape now, I’ve been busy over the weekend thinking about what I’m going to write about myself for a new book I’m going […]
Incase you’re wondering why I’ve been quiet in blog land this last week (and maybe the thought hadn’t even crossed your mind, and you haven’t missed me in the slightest!), I’ve been very busy and involved with many other things, a lot of them relating to art and my future in art…….. Oh, and I’ve […]
I’m still thinking about what I want to do regarding promoting myself and the offer the businessman made last week to invest a lot of money in advertising me as an artist (and also wanting a large share of the profits afterwards) but part of that decision will also be formed by the fact that […]
