October 2014

And so with a little over a week to go to the opening of my show, My Family and Other Cameras  things are getting critical. At least progress is happening with the completion of PUG II. Going to be popping in to the Alternative Print Workshop  to go and do some Van Dyke Brown prints of my pinhole images. Did a test run a couple of weeks ago and the results were very promising.

September 2014

Three Forgotten Beauties

And so yes I have missed the whole of August. News that I have failed to pass on? Well I have kept up my good run of getting into Sasol New Signatures. Think that it is four years on the trot now. Was actually at the grand opening last night. Thankfully this year there was no 'you got be fffing kidding' moment with the winner. What we did learn though is that if you want to find out a bit more about the artist, asking them about their art on stage might be such a good idea. Of course this is just my bias, but when people start to waffle on about some new age mumbo jumbo, then I head for the hills. I liked Elizabeth's rational up to a point but then it was no no no please stop.

'Three Forgotten Beauties' - detail.

The pictures above are of my entry 'Three Forgotten Beauties'. 

July 2014

23rd July: drumdedum dum de dum dah dum with that rather laboured trumpting I am glad to announce that for this years Sasol New Signatures I managed to gain the thumbs up from the judges. Well ok one of my works did, the other not. Which is ok, I am cool with that. To be honest my second piece still needs a bit of work on it to sort it out so it was no disappointment that it didn't get through for the final show.

21st July: Wow so a couple of months have almost flown. Had a hectic time in the UK before rushing headlong into trying to organise for this years Sasol New Signatures. I am not so confident of getting in. Part of the problem was that I was still in the process of working out what to do. I had put up an installation which I wasn't to sure of how to get the best out of it. Stick ot twist or just completely loose the plot knowing that the deadline was coming, rushing at me faster than a well oiled eel sliding down a teflon coated ski ramp. Scccchhhhlaaaaap. So yes I am left with the old I should have, could have, didn't do that scenario and we wait. It's just two days to go now before I hear anything. 

May 2014

4th May: So wadaya think? First silk screen! Ha ha, easy peasy. Had a bit of fun with a puzzle that I found and the noble characters of Uncle Sam and Richard I (the Lion Heart / Coeur de Lion). I have to admit that I got quite a buzz out of doing this. The last time I had done any printing was at college, which was about 20 years ago. For the project that I was given I produced a rather uninspiring, insipid, colourfully dull lino print. With a blunt 'I dont think so' and a gentle smile, my tutor suggested to me that well I might not be suited to print making. Unfortunately though some times you need those skills you gave up on to produce what you want. Thank fully I found someone with the time and patience to show me how. So now I am thinking what next?  

April 2014

2nd April: Ok, I have resisted long enough. The masses of supporters thronging outside have finally convinced me that I have to post another blog. Over three months since my last post so I guess that it is time to put up another one. So what's the excuse? None. It was always tomorrow, and then of course later, next month and that become much much later.

So what's been happening? Shows and things amongst others. Also did my first screen print. Hadn't been near a print studio after being brutally told that I wouldn't make it as a printer. So all in all, after having being put off completely by the thought of going anywhere near a print studio, I think my first attempt turned out ok. Unfortunately I can't share at the moment as it's at a gallery right now and I am feeling too lazy to go and document it. So what I will do is post a pic of something else that I did. Nope it is not a screen print. It is a print of a edited scan of one of my pinhole portraits. Please see above pic