Category Archives: exploration

Amazing views!

Today I played tourist with my father and visited The Shard. Even though the weather was not great for the outing (humid, smog, white light), it was a wonderful experience! The staff are great, it’s wasn’t as scary or overcrowded as I assumed, and what can I say… London is amazing from that high! HereContinue reading “Amazing views!”

Day out with mum, The Queens Gallery, and tea!

Wonderful day out with my mother to the “In Fine style” exhibition at the Queens Gallery, a little walk around are gorgeous capital city, and ending with a bit of tea. Great seeing amazing paintings and clothing from a time when fashion was used to command importance and social position, and different countries were influencingContinue reading “Day out with mum, The Queens Gallery, and tea!”

The Other Art Fair

Today I went to The Other Art Fair (I am coinciding applying to do it in October). It is a showcase and selling exhibition for independent artists in London. It was great to see such a range of work, of a high standard, in a commercial setting. Being an artist is a hard career, youContinue reading “The Other Art Fair”

Finding treasures in Devon

I am currently in Devon, and today it finally stop raining enough for a little exploration. I went to Ark Pottery, run by Vaughan and Angela Glanville. It is a great place, they have a wheel in the shop (where 2 children were being helped to make their own cups), and loads of wonderful pottery!Continue reading “Finding treasures in Devon”

Refinding: introducing students to friends

I love it when you are talking through students ideas and helping guide them to get inspired and you re find an artists work that you had forgotten. Today was Pamela Davis Kivelson work ‘orange Negative Curvature’. http://www.facestell.com/?category=photo&painting=orange

Out and about in London, number 35 from Brixton to Shoreditch

Yesterday I took the number 35 bus from by my studio in Brixton, to Shoreditch with some friends. here are a few picture compositions taken on the bus with my iPad. It’s great fun exploring and getting a chance to take a journey about the journey, not looking at the destination. There are so manyContinue reading “Out and about in London, number 35 from Brixton to Shoreditch”