Some current work I am exploring is stitch, in free machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and applique. I have long had a curiosity about body, life, wounds, partly through my background in nursing (mainly in trauma nursing and working as a theatre nurse) and also, a fascination about how things work, whats underneath. The applique bodies […]
Winter Writing
Over the last few weeks I have been taking part in the free Winter Writing Sanctuary writing course by Beth Kempton – do what you love. It was a really well thought out, well produced course that was both inviting and exciting. I’m a daily writer of a journal, and also via this blog post, […]
What lies underneath
This week has been more of a reflective, writing one, I haven’t painted. I have spent some time rummaging through my most recent small studies, little paintings, acrylic on paper. The plan was to look for a sense of what direction to take my art, to tease out the resistance, the fear of putting paint […]
Small Stones
I recently came across the writing prompt ‘small stones‘ via a podcast by Amy Palko, where she was talking about collecting small stones with her father over the month of December, and was then going to create a small stone cairn with what they had created. I was intrigued and really connected with the idea, […]
Any artist worth their salt thinks about death everyday – Maggi Hambling
Yesterday I watched Grayson Perry’s art club exhibition, it was a great programme. The authentic styles of all the people who had taken part in the challenge was so prominent. Everyone had a story to share, a feeling, their experiences and artwork valued with such care and compassion. It took me back to summer this […]