I've moved to Brighton, adopted a dog, been painting, been given a space to use as a gallery in Wandsworth, opened the gallery, had a two person exhibition there with Mark Nader, had to have the dog put down because he had a brain tumour...as I say, it's been quite a few months!
I have been studying abstract painting particularly hard, especially my favourites: Peter Lanyon and Roger Hilton. Their way of turning an experience into a dramatic expression in paint on canvas, or charcoal on paper, has inspired me recently.
Journeys have been on my mind a lot while I have been in the studio lately. The journey from home to hospital and back again every day with my dad, while mum was recuperating at Addenbrookes was the first journey I tried to abstract.
Love and Anger, Oil and charcoal, 2012 |
Another recent work has developed from a number of sources: my weekly journeys both to the studio and to pick up my children each weekend, sketches made at a local fishing harbour, some drawn while contemplating my new diagnoses of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and research into the cell structure of brain tumours.
November Painting, Oil and charcoal, 2012 |
I have also been very excited for the past couple of months, since I was informed that I was one of the artists to be chosen for the 100 Curators 100 Days project on Saatchi Online. I have checking every day, but have not appeared so far (although I have my suspicions as to which curator has chosen me, and I think that I may be appearing this week) ...so keep a look out!