“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light” – Le Corbusier Just before Christmas I took a fleeting trip to Marseille for a couple of days. In the past, whenever I’ve been one of my go-to visits is Cité Radieuse – Unité d’Habitation, designed by Le Corbusier. This time …
In November of 2019 I joined a community on Instagram – Are You Book Enough. Every month they have a theme for book artists, and we share the ideation, creation and the progress of the book. At the end of the challenge we then share both our finished books and our favourite books created by …
“The sea; I didn’t lose myself in it; I found myself in it.” — Albert Camus Following on from my recent Spain film photos, these were taken while snorkelling along several different coves of the Costa Brava. It absolutely is this beautiful and then some.
“A certain blue enters your soul” – Henri Matisse Over the summer I’ve fallen in love with the colours at the lake. The blue of the water and the sky are sublime. I’ve never been much of a yellow kind of person, but the rich yellow ochre of the mud is changing my mind. The …
We didn’t really wander very far from the finca. Why would we? These red hills, gnarled olive trees, clanging sheep bells, stray cats, wild sea and big skies were more than enough.
“I know they accuse me of arrogance, perhaps also of misanthropy, perhaps madness too.” The Minotaur and me. It all began in 2001 when I was an art student with an interest in all things to do with fairytale and mythology. This became a fascination with one particular story, so much so it became the …
There’s an awful lot of backstory here when all I really want to talk about is how I came to discover making my own paint from red earth. But first, let me set the scene and I’ll get round to it. At the beginning of the month, I went on a trip to Mallorca. The …
Last Friday I lost the plot.Lately, I’ve been spending more time in the studio. I was so happy to be back home, and I’ve lots of good things coming up. Feeling energised, excited to make more work. I show up on Instagram regularly and have started rebuilding my art career. After all, I’m in remission …