01/07/21
…sent up envelope so will pop stuff over. Prep is just taking over.
07/07/21
Eleven days since being in the studio. Lifetime. Happy to be taking this day in the garage though. Lots of putting on and scraping off paint to ‘Galamseyer’.
Didn’t get selected for the next stage.
10/07/21
Detail of ‘Galamseyer’ - painting in progress
Pool, Soldier in the Hedge - 1995, Trapped in treehouse, Black binbags, First solo trip to Foyleside.
14/07/21
Stop - Go to Start - Stop - Stop at the minute. Frustrating but no other way round it. Difficult to get a rhythm. Trying to set aside time.
I think what’s really halting things at the minute in ‘Galamseyer’ is that I’m really not sure how or where I want to take it. Crossroads.
Still early stages for ‘Life is But a Dream’.
17/07/21
Life Changing.
22/07/21
Thirty-Four. The last one for several reasons. This heat is stifling.
23/07/21
Slieve Gallion
24/07/21
H back over for the weekend. Reading round taking a break for the month of August.
‘Galamseyer’ finished!
Didn’t think it would happen but was closer to an end result than I thought.
Something brought up at the Reading Group that I hope comes up again. The artist scale.
Not just where you sit on this scale but, in terms of how you position your work to others and how it is perceived by viewers. Tough, but tough questions need to be asked.
25/07/21
Talk Art: Rachel Feinstein.
“Relax - stop putting up obstacles and you will float.”
“The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin
