Sadly just a short stint in the studio.
05/12/21
“Infant Terrible” finished. - Less is more.
09/12/21
Dire.
14/12/21
Tinnitus - bit of a surprise.
Great to finally see John Rainey’s ‘SLIP TANK’ in the Naughton Gallery today. Hands down, the best sculptor in the North.
15/12/21
“The impulse to discover and re-contextualise rather than to generate a picture reintroduces questions of intention. Why did they pick that? What did they do to it? To what end?”
16/12/21
Fractured narratives.
Sketchbook time. Good to do something creative for the first time in a long while.
18/12/21
Light at the end of the tunnel?
21/12/21
‘The Sky Gives Way’ Solstice performance by Méabh Meir and Emma Brennan with Array Collective.
22/12/21
New year will be a fresh start. Exciting!
23/12/21
Christmas Eve-Eve. News from yesterday have just evaporated the angst that has been looming overhead the past few weeks. Can now settle down and enjoy the holidays with the family minus the worry.
27/12/21
A Clean palette and tidy studio.
28/12/21
Very early rise. Studio time FINALLY!
Topography of Man - surveillance?
30/12/21
With two pieces at a treacherous crossroads, there is that leap of faith needed. If they go sideways then that’s alright. It can be rectified or started again.
There is that strange debilitating fear when work is at a junction like this. It’s easy to kick the can down the road and avoid messing any work that has gone before.
