Tag: art
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
11th August 2023 It’s been five years since I’ve blogged and a lot has happened in that time. I like changes though. Obviously, not all change feels good, but it can mean movement, growth, re-assessing and sometimes taking time out, which is kind of what I did. Creatively though, I’ve still been active. I learnt…
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DM World Culture Project
16th January 2018 A few weeks ago, I was asked if I would get involved in a co-produced World Collections project run by Derby Museums. The basic premise was to produce a piece of writing from a collection of words gathered by the local community – words that were felt to unite everyone across the…
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The Other Side of Summer
30th September 2016 It’s been a busy Summer and it’s nice to come out the other side and reflect on the events that have influenced my artwork and small steps that I’ve made, and to stand back and look at what has gone well. It’s easy to get caught up sometimes in day to day…
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Do You Know Your Needs?
3rd June 2016 I haven’t blogged for a while, but this topic came up in conversation yesterday, and it’s something which has been on my mind recently. We’re brought up to share, to be with others, to socialise, to fit in, to obey rules about what we can and cannot do and that becomes so…
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Having a Plan!
5th November 2015 It’s now been a year and a half since I started taking my art seriously, and by that I mean painting more, sketching more, showing people what I am working on and the finished product. It has also meant setting up an Etsy shop, putting my writing on one side (in my…
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Mixing It Up!
26th May 2015 Three months into a house move that has yet to actually happen, I am trying to get on with life as normal, ignoring the boxes and the overall appearance that my house has just been burgled, and throwing myself into a variety of arty stuff! For my latest piece – just finished…
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From St-ART to Finish
From St-ART to finish I’ve written quite a lot about my writing process but very little about the process I go through in creating a painting. I’ll be honest, for me, the painting process is a whole lot easier. There are so many layers to writing from conception, scribbling notes, character and setting development, research,…
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Print Offer!
24th January 2015 I don’t normally go in for a lot of marketing/publicity stuff, but today I am! I shall be offering a free, limited edition (1 of 50) A3 print to one of my Facebook page followers once I have reached 200 likes. I am 64 away from this at the moment and it…
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17th December 2014
Diary of 2014 Yes, I’m feeling in a bit of a reflective mood. It’s that end of the year feeling where you look back at what’s been and assess it… was it a good year? Was it a bad one? Globally, I think it’s been pretty rubbish, worrying and desperately sad. But this is not…
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30th September 2014
Happiness is… It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, in fact, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything (not including a diary, which I’ve written since I was fourteen and notes on various English essays, which don’t count!) I’ve been spending a lot more of my free time on my paintings, a thing I…
