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Mandy Webb – subversive artist
Mandy Webb As part of our course we have visiting artists who come and chat with us and talk about their work – I have…
10 Reasons to see our Fine Art Exhibition
Think you’re not a fan of ‘fine art’? Me either, until I started studying it and started to ‘get’ what it is. Here are 10…
Shadows on the fence
It was gorgeous sunshine yesterday in Portsmouth and I enjoyed a short walk around Victoria Park in my lunch break. Spring is springing!
Stepping through a rift in time……
In the last twenty years, I have brought up two kids on my own, worked part time initially to keep a roof over our heads…
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…
Catherine Harper, Land, cloth, body and culture
I blogged recently about Georgia O’Keeffe as an inspirational women artist (for International Women’s Day in March) but in the last week I have attended…
How to steal like an artist
A friend recently pointed me towards this video of the marvelous water-colorist Vera Bobson from Canada. I love her work, I had not previously…
A valentine…
To be with one another forever and to have no doubt (Nor feel exhaustion at the prospect) Is the goal of those who, like us,…
MA Fine Art – liminal project underway
After weeks of stress – the exhibition and the steep learning curve of a totally new subject area for me, combined with illness it is…
You will love again the stranger that was yourself….
Love after Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each…
Week 3 – High highs and low lows
Week 3 at Uni has been a roller coaster. Below I will detail some of the work I have been doing, but the week was…
Release the voice that refuses to acknowledge the real me…
Self-Observation Without Judgement Release the harsh and pointed inner voice. It’s just a throwback to the past, and holds no truth about this moment.Let go…
Have you ever wondered what artists do all day?
Since I have considered myself an “artist”, over the last couple of years, it has been a steep learning curve learning about how the art…
Blue – how to choose one?
A painting I am planning is going to be mainly blue, and not any old blue either, I have a very specific blue in my…
The universe within….
A large part of my work this year is about encapsulating the universe within. Close your eyes for a minute; within each of us is…
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…
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