James Elkins Carnegie Lecture
James Elkins is giving the Carnegie Lecture in Edinburgh Friday and I understand he may use some of my drawings in the event.
Studio Diary: James Elkins illustrations complete.
James Elkins illustrations..half way through when this photo taken in studio…completed today there 12 in all which will illustrate the 2nd Edition of his book ‘Artists with PhDs’ which has …
The theory is the practice the practice is the theory
Spent afternoon at studio reading final submitted chapter of the 2nd edition of James Elkins’ ‘Artists with PhDs’. The article was Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield’s ‘Writing as practice: Notes on materiality …
Future Planning: Which PhD if at all?
Amended diagram 6th January Interesting supervision session with DH in which I tried to present the M.A. package and look forward to what might come next. M.A. ‘package’ …
Drawology: Bonington Gallery Show
Also a nice review in Nottingham Evening Post by Mark Patterson. November 21st 2013. PEOPLE who can draw, and even those of us who can only manage stick figures, will …
Comic and Sequential Research: New Blog
No studio diary entries this week as I only made it into studio for an hour. Various work related problems kept me busy and rest of time I was …
Abstract Comix – The Anatomy of Drawing?
I was in conversation with Andrei Molotiu the author of the book Abstract Comics (http://abstractcomics.blogspot.co.uk ) and he basically challenged me to go beyond the film derived sequential drawings of …
Full Circle? Doing and thinking not doing F.A.
Looking at a pencil drawing I did today (called New Yoik Sympathy 🙂 I was reminded of drawings I did in mid nineteen-eighties which scarily nearly thirty years ago! The …
Drawology – 18th November to 6th December – Bonington Gallery Nottingham
These are the three images to be shown in Deborah Harty’s curated show ‘Drawology’ at the Bonington Gallery from next week.
After New York – back to earth
After the great time in New York ( Metropolitan Museum of Art and Guggenheim were fantastic) it is back to earth with a bump (work) and time to take stock …