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John Hoyland – Power Stations Review
After White Cube, I went from Bermondsey to Lambeth to the newly opened Newport Street Gallery to see the exhibition of John Hoyland’s work – Power…
Finding Peace – an exhibition of contemplative images
We live in a hectic world and sometimes it feels impossible to find any peace. A photography exhibition at Portsmouth Cathedral aims to show how…
Creativity 3 : Wasting time 0
I’ve been at home a month now and I have achieved a lot. I have caught up with many of those jobs that just never…
Impressive range of facilities available at Uni
Since going back to Uni this week, I have had inductions in several of the workshops. Yesterday was the production workshop and it was fun to…
Shopping and Subversion
I am still researching ideas about subversion and creativity, but whilst looking for something else entirely, I came across Louise Ashcroft and I had to…
The Art of Loneliness and Grief
Over the last few months I have collected some of my monochrome photographs and paired them with some short poems to produce a booklet about…
Working on the creativity muscle
Still feeling weird about being at home – I am out of sorts. HOWEVER I start a six week photography course today which I…
The pictures they didn't want you to see!
Yesterday I had 30 mins to wait between trains at Brighton Station, and since I had my camera with me and since it is a…
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition – what inspiration!
Yesterday I went up to London to see the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition – which has been running every year for nearly 250 years. I…
Mindfulness and Creativity – how artists are benefiting from meditating
I came across this article yesterday (link below) – I totally agree with the author – mindfulness is essential for me for all my practices,…
One picture a day challenge – it's a toughie!
Yesterday I accepted a challenge to take one picture a day – only one – for the next month and post my results. At first…
The delight found in stillness…
Tim Watson (@BeatLiturgist on Twitter) wrote an mindful poem in response to the picture I posted yesterday, which I wanted to share – I find it…
January walk in Gosport
Although it was a fairly miserable overcast morning, I love the subtlety of some of these colours!
The History of Action Stations, Boathouse 6.
I thought it would be interesting to do some research into the history of the Grade II Listed building, currently called “Action Stations” at the…
Photowalk around Old Portsmouth
It’s been a while since I got out with my camera – I spent a lovely couple of hours wandering round on Thursday – here…
Finding some beauty…photo gallery
I thought that today of all days, I needed to get out into the outdoors and do some mindful photography and find some beauty in…
APT Open Studios – inspiring!
After a visit yesterday to the amazing APT Studios in Deptford I was inspired to have a paint. It’s been a while and I really…
Tight rope walk – after abstraction review
Yesterday I visited White Cube gallery in Bermondsey for the first time. Obviously I was aware of the history of exhibitions there, but had never…
Democracy Street Art Project – exciting news!
I have just heard that the piece I made for the Democracy Street Art Project is to be shown as part of the exhibition at…
Mindfulness – is it harmful? How can it aid creativity?
There seems to be a backlash against mindfulness at the moment, with several articles saying it is harmful and some downright scaremongering about what it…
Reflections on the last 7 months…..minions and blue cucumbers!
It’s been 7 months since I was made redundant and my life was turned upside down, or is that inside out? I was lucky…
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