Work continues apace at A Galeria Secreta in Portugal. . It was felt that the classic ‘4 Weddings and a Funeral’ needed updating to reference progression in recognisable official relationships. Here you can quite clearly see that I’m getting very near to the edge – the cutting edge – of social and artistic excellence. […]
Although Grumpy has been created in Portugal he will have a significant role to play later in the year at the Cliff Top Residence during Coastal Currents Open Studios 2017. . He appears to be on his soap-box once again, well, perched at the base of a yucca plant actually. I couldn’t quite work out […]
Although A Galeria Secreta in Portugal is getting quite crowded yet another sculpture has emerged. This is Hilda sitting atop the Boar’s Jaw throne surveying her boardom. Well it’s either that or Hilda is worried her HRT treatment has gone terribly wrong. .
East Sussex is full of interesting places to visit and many have connecting themes. The Long Man of Wilmington is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill … near Wilmington surprisingly. In sight of this, although quite a long way away, is the fascinating Farleys House near Chiddingly, which has […]
I love to have a gentle dig at the expense of the art establishment. This piece starts off a new series I’ll be making under the banner ‘Art on a Shoestring’. It’s titled ‘The Physical Possibility of Affording Some Art’. I went to Goldsmiths’ College quite a few years before Damien Hirst and co and […]
I’m very lucky. I have the time and inclination to change this … … via this … … and adding it to this … … to make this. Now all I’ve got to do is work out how to display it in a freestanding position in the middle of the […]
There are no rules. Think outside and inside and on top of and underneath the box. Ignore the box. Don’t think. Over think. If you encourage viewers to see something they haven’t noticed before, or to think differently, or anger them, or give them a reassuring warm feeling, or present an image that haunts … […]
For those people who can’t get beyond wondering why I use rubber ducks a lot this might help. Imagine the duck is a person, even perhaps, yourself. Anyway, this piece is called ‘This is What Ducks Do’ and is made from very heavy limestone and a rubber duck. Technically it was quite tricky to make […]
. In the good old days art isms were well defined and understood – Surrealism, Pointillism, Abstract Expressionism etc. Nowadays there are plenty of examples of Narcissism, Sentimentalism, Amateurism and Commercialism but little evidence of an interesting and lasting new art ism. I suspect that the last ism was Post Modernism which has now degenerated […]
Please find clear and simple directions below on how to find Fairlight’s Column! Fairlight nestles to the East of Hastings right on the coast. It can be found. There is just one road into Fairlight which also has to be used to escape. Basically it’s one large cul-de-sac which goes part way to explaining why […]
