Feeling melancholic about my birthday, I managed to get to see the Chris Ofili exhibition at Tate Britain. I’ve been meaning see it all month. I’ve seen some of the work before but was quite amazed how much detail I had missed before. I’m always fascinated by artist’s pencil marks and particularly like any textures [...]
My brother has been involved in a revisit/remix project of the stunning 1957 film Mother India. In this rendition he has taken the 3 hour film and edited into 45 minutes. This he has done in collaboration with DJ Tiger Styles and a number of live musicians. It’s a moving edit as it really portrays [...]
I spent a lovely day with my mother last week, teaching her how to use her blog. How can I put this..? Despite many academic accomplishments, my mum would not necessarily be the first choice for a job in a technical support team, so it was gratifying to see how easily she took to using [...]
I’m working on a set of drawings and paintings this month based on Greek Mythology and mythical creatures. Medusa, the Minatour, the Cyclops are amongst the first few subjects.
I recently visited (TWICE!) the latest UK exhibition of Jonas Burgert. I was left so stunned by the awe and majesty of his work that I decided that perhaps I should just give up my artistic endevours and go and get a job in an office, licking stamps onto envelopes. I like this sort of [...]
If you ever need moving out of a deep depression, go to a gallery. It alsways works for me. I went to se the American Abstract at the Saatchi Gallery. I enjoyed it but wasn’t both highly amused and dumbstruck by the last room I entered, entitled old people’s home.
12 of us have become a temporary collective named Surface Tension. We will be exhibiting at The Rag Factory off Brick Lane from 10th – 14th September 2009. I’m exhibiting 4 A1 size pastel pieces. You can see more details at the dedicated Surface Tension website
I was very happy to see Vhils’ first large-scale solo shpw at Lazarides gallery in the centre of London. The Portuguese massive were out in force.
I finished my illustration course final major project with a project around the life of my great great grandmother Eda Scheurer. She was interesting to me as I had originally very little information about her except that she smoked a pipe, had one eye and, reputedly, had fights with men. As an illustration project she [...]
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