Many people tell me that artwork on canvas is perceived as having a greater value than work on paper. Much of my recent work has been on paper although I also work on canvas and sometimes just with fabric – it depends what I’m trying to express at the time. Anyway, what I’m saying is that I love […]
Works on paper
Hanna ten Dornkaat & Brooke Carlson at Draw to Perform
The third Draw to Perform Symposium took place at the Crow’s Nest Gallery under the Westway in London over the summer and was a stimulating weekend. One of the many performances taking place was this drill drawing by Hanna ten Dornkaat & Brooke Carlson where repeated writing of the word “me” eventually merged into a mass symbolising […]
Street set building before the filming of Guerrilla
You know how it is, you’re on the way to work and a familiar street changes before your eyes. This little patch of London was transformed over a period of 3 days for 1 day of filming. I was told that it was for the upcoming TV drama Guerrilla starring, amongst others, Idris Elba. I couldn’t resist photographing […]
The organ at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral
I’ve never seen a large organ console close up before and was pretty gobsmacked when I encountered this one in real life. St Paul’s Cathedral hosts organ recitals several times a year and it’s well worth the experience, The complexity of the instrument is mind-boggling. As Simon Johnson, the organist performing that evening explained, this […]
Emerged at Frameless Gallery
Julian Page and Joanna Bryant Projects collaborations are regularly featured here and this time at Frameless Gallery they presented, amongst others , drawings by David Watkins Joella Wheatley‘s oil and pen paintings and Cally Shadbolt’s processes, the record of activity so much more compelling than the end product, something I come across a great deal in my life. For me […]
Petra Baker at New Designers London
There is so much to see at New Designers every year that it can sometimes be difficult to keep to the parameters I set myself, although going round the show on my own helps me stay focused. Loughborough graduate Petra Baker exhibited a tightly edited and mature collection of exquisitely made pieces using only black and […]