October 2011
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“There is only one thing valuable in art, the thing you cannot explain.” Braque
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” I did not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like. ” J.M.W. Turner
September 2011
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Abstract Critical
Very happy that it was John Plutheroe, founder of @AbstractCrit who selected my painting for @INGDiscEye 2011.
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Will be part of a pop-up Thinktank for... →
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Brighton Digital Festival | Fabrica →
The final talk, about the Impact of Social Media on Arts Orgs, by @laurencehill (session 3) is on Sep 21, 6-8pm at @FabricaGallery .
It’s FREE but booking is advisable, email: office@fabrica.org.uk or call: 01273 778646 .
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This morning's Likemind: my Instagram pictures... →
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This morning at @Likemindbri . Love this stop-frame video by Curtis James & his stealth-cam!
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Happy to hear my painting entry’s been selected for the upcoming ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, this November!
August 2011
5 posts
Very much looking forward to Gerhard Richter’s 80th birthday Retrospective at Tate Modern this October.
Thinking about preemptive, prophetic, poignant literature, art, music. The next wave in Britain will be interesting.
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‘Daydreaming’ is a vital part of the creative process. Sometimes it’s visualisation, sometimes it’s simply allowing ideas to follow their natural course, or just bubble up & cause reactions in the murky darkness. ‘Dream-Wandering’, not confined to night, is a personal journey. It may not make sense to bystanders, but that is not the purpose. It answers...
July 2011
6 posts
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...word pool for proposal writing...
rebuild
restore
revitalise
enrich
conceptualise
promote
comment
develop
institute
introduce
act
translate
enlist
launch
persuade
organise
envision
renew
innovate
initiate
spark
create
integrate
plan
customise
address
influence
attain
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Workshop 1a, a Flickr set. →
Some quick shots from my meeting with Dan @artistsmakers Thompson at Workshop 1a in Shoreham yesterday. Planning exhibitions, workshops, projects… The Common Academy are running a series of workshops & events here, this is the timetable: http://commonacademy.co.uk/caa-timetable.html . Revving up for the Summer…
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” There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” ( R. Buckminster Fuller )
RIP Cy Twombly. If you can get to London his paintings are at the Dulwich Picture Gallery alongside Poussin.