01/10/23
Three white rabbits.
Studio: ‘Passive Study’ going well - bouncing between the brush and the drawing mark. It’s always interesting to see which of the two (if any at all) comes to the fore.
“A Brush With… Sarah Lucas”
‘A Séance in London’ - slowly building layers but, more importantly, working through structure and composition. Very early days.
03/10/23
Anxiety overload!
05/10/23
WOW! Can’t remember a late night art quite like this one in a very long time. Belfast was buzzing!
09/10/23
Put the bloody phone DOWN!
11/10/23
Quick sketch of artist Amy Higgins. Ideas brewing.
12/10/23
Easy to say, but difficult to implement.
In transit
15/10/23
Studio - A.H. portrait study: A good start. There was one point where the charcoal became a little too much but thankfully it wasn’t difficult to rectify. Just before adding the last layer of charcoal, all the previous drawing marks were pushed back with just the paint taking the stage. Some nice areas of tonal quality but overall the image was flat. You would think that adding a charcoal line would make it even more flat in appearance but the opposite is the case! The crux of it - that interplay between the drawing line and the painting mark.
17/10/23
Second straight day of jury service but on the flip side, a good chance to see Kwok Tsui’s new exhibition in the CCA.
18/10/23
QSS - ‘Messy Business’. Great group painting show.
