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Third Space Studio April 15th 2015<\/pre>\n
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Well I finally made it back to painting in what must be the most convoluted way possible. To start painting again don’t go via my route. Seven years teaching web design in academia,\u00a0a fine art M.A. in art research (through drawing) then a abandoned attempt to do a Creative Writing M.A. Oh and then two months sorting out what the hell I was doing in painting in the first place (the Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n
All of this so that I finally can go into the studio in mid-March 2015 and stare at a blank wall and wonder what the hell it all about….<\/p>\n
It seems like a very long way round to arrive back where I started. I studied fine art painting at Hornsey College of Art in 1978-1981. My first love was painting not poetry or songwriting. I was ‘good at art’ at school. I was offered a place at the Royal College in 1981 on painting M.A. which was my dream. I wanted to be the new David Hockney….I almost did it but Margaret Thatcher took away the grant funding and my working-class parents could not afford the \u00a39K, even then, fees.<\/p>\n
I have always despised the Tories ever since. I ploughed on and re-applied to the Royal in 1985 (see this post in archive<\/a>). this application was the high water mark of my early abstraction. I never got back to this level until today. It has taken 30 years to be able to paint full time if only for a couple of months. I am not a part-time painter.<\/p>\n
The paintings in the posts above\u00a0are my finding my way again after all this time. I naively aimed to be the best painter in England between\u00a01981 and 1985……right now I’m just happy to get a second chance. I was however always a serious abstract painter…and that I remain. I dedicate these paintings to my Father who would have been 83 last Monday. I call these paintings ‘second wind’ for an explanation see poem here:<\/p>\n
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  Third Space Studio April 15th 2015   Well I finally made it back to painting in what must be the most convoluted way possible. To start painting again don’t go via my route. Seven years teaching web design in academia,\u00a0a fine art M.A. in art research (through drawing) then a abandoned attempt to do … Continue reading “First month back in the studio: New Paintings and Drawings”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,23,10,4,22,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract-painting","category-drawing","category-new-paintings","category-painting","category-studio-diary","category-studio-practice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4CTH4-69","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":784,"url":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=784","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":0},"title":"2011 – 2023  3rd Space Studio timeline","author":"shaun belcher","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"My studio today 2023 MY Studio 2019 2018 NADA My studio 2017 My studio 2016 My studio 2015 My studio May 2014 2012-2013 Part-Time M.A. in Drawing at NTU Complete MA and Nottingham Open 2013 Moogee at studio 2012 Main studio 2011 First studio space at 3rd Space September 2011\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "abstract painting"","block_context":{"text":"abstract painting","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?cat=24"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2015.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2015.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2015.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":98,"url":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=98","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":1},"title":"Pre M.A.: Practice based research?","author":"shaun belcher","date":"October 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ok so here I am back in the studio at the beginning of the second year of my M.A. by registered project and after a summer of drawing related 'research' I am standing in front of a very old work on paper (c.1988) and two new canvases done over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "new paintings"","block_context":{"text":"new paintings","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?cat=10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/newoct.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":580,"url":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=580","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":2},"title":"The Summer Collection 2016","author":"shaun belcher","date":"July 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As it summer time to round up my previous painting work over 2015-16 and start a new set. 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