Some of my drawings that I have been doing:

This one is fairly final, i'm going to go and scan in some of the pre-cursors to this. See if it makes sense on screen.

This image is purely about looking at the object but the cloth (textile) plays a significant role in both supporting the pear and letting it fall.

Still Life . . . the way forward.

These are some of my favourites: Zurbaran, Cotan, Froese and Cezanne.

object 2

This image is intriguing - I am now drawing fruit which makes it even better.

It's by Donald Sultan.

New Directions

It's been a while now, i've been doing quite a bit of questioning an hope to show some kind of visual que as to my thoughts in a series here.

This is an image by Idris Khan which is a composite of images based on the works of Bernd & Hilla Becher (whose work I also admire). This is the first of a number of images that are focused on the idea of the object.

Mary Shelley.

I'm reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the moment, it is a haunting tale but one that I am really enjoying. This book has significance to me and is possible a link for my new body of research as I have been told since a child that we are related. I have recently discovered that this cannot be true as there are no direct descendants, I will have to investigate this further.
Perhaps more disapointing is the loss of a link to Mary's mother: Mary Wolstonecraft.

mapping the territory

I need to plan / think / consider what this next body of work will be all about. Have a few books to read - will talk about these later.

The 1st entry into blog world

Well here I go, i just thought it was time to join the crowded world of blogs and see if I have anything to add.
I want to use this to record drawings, textiles and artworks and to ultimately (I think) stand as a record of my 2nd (and hopefully 3rd) year of my MA in Contemporary Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam Uni.
I'm due back in the next couple of weeks having passed last year, I believe I will be focused on research but I will find out more when we return later this month.
Tomorrow I am off to Plymouth for a conference called Making Futures which is mainly concerned with Crafts and Sustainability, I will report back on my thoughts.

This is the 1st drawing I am submitting - a big hill to climb possibly.