I've been working on something for Living Portraits, a community art show. Faces are not my usual subject matter, although my creative journey began with them at the centre. I had an incredible two years studying painting and drawing at FE College (Polytech) in England. This time is
I've drafted a few posts on here recently but I haven't been publishing them. The writing has lacked spark and I want to offer you something worth reading. Waymarkers was never meant to be fully resolved or polished though; that would be a very high bar
Punk was a formative influence on me as a young person. Its do-it-yourself (no gods no masters!) ethos and rejection of authority continue to shape how I think about creativity, participation and systems. Those ideas sit behind BLOCK PRINT FESTIVAL MERCH, a public workshop/artwork I created for
How can I make new work, receive a little financial support, and bring other artists along with me? Artist residencies offer valuable opportunities for artists to focus on their practice, develop new work, and build connections. However, many residencies require participants to relocate or step away from work, family, or
I'm working on something that runs deep. I've been minimising myself for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I am so inward-looking and cautious that I can't respond to what is going on outside of myself. Changing this begins by practicing new
I deliberately committed to only one exhibition this year, and I followed through on it. Things in the studio have since slowed down. I’ve written about slowing already this year, and yet I still fall into the trap of feeling inadequate. I forget to take my own advice: you
We made an exhibition called ARTEFACT. It was successful! We had lots of visitors, and great feedback. ARTEFACT was a collaborative exhibition developed for Oxford Gallery, in partnership with Oxford Museum. The project brought together eleven artists based locally and connected through the gallery, who responded to objects from the
I'm popping by for a minute to share a tip. Take it or leave it, because I'm not here to influence, only to exchange. If, as a creative person, you're anything like me, you have 3 notebooks, 2 sketch books, 4 scraps of paper
One morning earlier this week, a memory came back to me like a slap in the face: for several years I forgot how to speak and how to write. Dramatic, I know. But it felt like that. I could do the basics, but beyond that it was difficult. There was
When considering a new project, I weigh up what it will give versus what it will take away from something else. My biggest consideration is whether it will make me less present for my family, and then, whether it will increase my stress for a prolonged period. Sometimes, after looking
I've created more than 10 posts since Waymarkers began. My goal was to write one a month, to justify the fee that I pay for the site to exist, and to test out the idea of a blog over a traditional website. Averaging three posts every month is
And it probably is. I am more up than down. But I am down right now, and I am looking for things to blame it on. Not getting a break, usually. Taking on too much, often. I want to tell people, so that they can get used to the idea