Stone can withstand the force of me
This was my second carving and in my naivety I imagined I could carve a head in two days. The limestone was tricky it had been outside so had a
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October in Greece
To paint outside plein air I need to feel secure. In the UK I experience bouts of what I decided to call ‘existential loneliness’. The outside world can feel like
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S T O N E. L O V E
Continuing my adventures into carving I have been working on a piece of limestone, blessed at Canterbury Cathedral with the sculptor Donna Fleming at her studio in Ramsgate. The piece
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R I S O
I’m not a natural printer. I’ve been lucky enough to try etching, silkscreen, lithography, mono-printing and now Riso printing. Thinking in terms of layers blows my mind. I find myself
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The Lost Greek Drawings
When I have studied an artist I see a portfolio of paintings or sculptures. I commit them to memory. Perhaps I’m lucky enough to see them in the real world
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Epiphany number 367
Latest #peisleymemoir book is H O T At art school 1984-89 I wanted to make work that said something about my potency, agency, sexuality, hunger. I made enquiries… looking to
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Carved in stone
A new romance with stone has completely captivated me. This stone from the cathedral is the softest I’ve carved, it’s delicious to work with but it is still asking me
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Glass Collaboration
Time does not stand still. So often I have ambitions I long to manifest and quite often I don’t have all the necessary skills so it’s been amazing to collaborate
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Wired for connection
‘Nobody has ever measured, not even poets , how much a heart can hold’ Zelda Fitzgerald I try to get as close as I can to a sense of intimacy,
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CARVING STONE
In Greece I attempted to carve into the dead trees I had either resourced from the coast or had on the land. Now I like not knowing what I’m doing
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All the promise…
The first piece I’ve made that changes during the course of an exhibition. The peach blossoms reminding me of Japanese paintings and symbolic of fertility. The pert peach glass casings
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SOLD
Throughout the year I have been selling pieces of art work. Sometimes during an exhibition or a residency and sometimes on line. I’m very pleased that many people who engage
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