Open studios has happened and Im in a new space downstairs. It makes my work look different and I feel different. There is something about being in a more open area and on the ground that suits me. I often notice I need a lot of grounding, maybe because of the psychotherapy work I do. I have been going through a very hard patch for a few years, my dad has a degenerative serious condition and its ongoing... and I recently ending with a place of work that was stressful and not

It used to seem straight forward to me, what violence is, physical aggression being the obvious and at most I would stretch the definition to encompass prejudice. Through the work Im doing in forensics, my personal definition of violence has expanded. It could be anything from hate speech, manipulation, oppression, dominance, splitting, bullying, taking, damaging someone sense of self, lying, ignoring, malicious intentions and so much more. Daily we sneak violence into our in

Painting is calling me. Ive dipped into it here and there and have developed a style thats still emerging in some respects. Im going to carry on and maybe this will be its own thing or become built into sculptural assemblages. Im trusting the process and have collected a lot of drawings in sketch books as well as inks on scrap paper to build upon it. From these preliminary sketches I can make quite deliberate painting choices. Im also still rag rug tufting, which offers me

Ive been in Birmingham the last few days, its always a great visit. A city I love. Going to East side projects Im aware its more...

New studio wall This week is the final week of my art psychotherapy work and Im able to spend more time in my studio as I move away from...

As Im caught in lots of family visits and still having to work at the moment, my practice is consisting of what is portable. This...

This new year has felt strange, as last year was so diffiuclt, it seemed like after new year everything would reset to how it used to be....

Every year I worry about getting my work out there and yet I always get shows. I cant predict when I will get something bigger and...

2024 has been a strange year, it started ok, then went to bad, then worse and now is becoming positive again. The shift in tempo I'm...

So many mixed feelings lately. I'm sitting with the unknown all the time in my art practice, playing with materials and figuring things...