

Open Studio Exhibition at Redlees December 2011
This weekend I showed my new paintings, some interesting discussion points took place. People would enter the room then leave after seeing my works from a distance, almost too much to see. I asked a viewer what is making one do that, she responded that lead to an interesting discussion about understand abstract arts, how figurative are simple and one can communicate a language with everyday objects. Works that are abstract, one finds this difficult to communicate or access a


Sprout Arts Exhibition
With just over two weeks left before the exhibition opening, there's still a lot left to do; there's been delays with deliveries because of the snow in December and Christmas and so all my hopes of having things finished early are feeling a little far-fetched, but this has meant more time for me to work out some of the logistical things that had needed sorting out with the materials I'd had already. I now know far more than I ever thought it was possible to know about piano h


A Private View of a Private View
A lot has been running through my mind - a lot of frustrations, anxieties, concerns and nerves because this installation hasn't been set up before. This means it hasn't been checked. It's the first time the poles have been brought in to be put into place so I can see them together, and they don't quite stand straight and as well as the way they lean, they're a little too tall and I'm not sure how they look without the paint, so I've used the old Room Full of Memories installa


Redlees Exhibition Nov. 2010
Despite the bitter cold, people still braved the elements to come to see the work in progress on Unheard Until Marriage and the sense of excitement about the work has really motivated me to keep pushing forward with it. The audience were intrigued by the way the work was developing and said how striking the installation was. It's something that I had almost lost sight of, being so immersed in the details of the technical construction of the piece. It's a difficult process, em