August 22, 2015 – 7:30 am
My work is done. Everything is in place for my Open Studio exhibition ‘Thru the Keyhole’ and I’m ready to throw open the side gate. The responsibility is now firmly in the eyes and minds of any visitors. I shall, of course, be there to make cups of tea and coffee and hand round the […]
August 10, 2015 – 1:52 pm
I have come up with a brilliant and effective solution to stop people worrying about all those silly, unimportant things. On a particularly fretful day last week, I decided to run around the carpark outside Morrisons the supermarket, wearing nothing more than a smile and a hat. It was very freeing but the worries about […]
… to a climax Coastal Currents Open Studios 2015 starts in 4 weeks. I’m doing a pre-Open Studios press party in 2 weeks. The local art critic, Percy the pigeon, has just left his comment … and fertilised the garden. It’s an ill wind. What larks Pip.
The Coastal Currents Arts Festival 2015 will be kicking off shortly. The brochure is very shiny and very exciting. Hastings and it’s environs will be awash with all things arty. Click HERE to download the brochure. In the meantime the key to my personal success will rely heavily on trying to expand my taste away […]
Later this year, September I believe, I’ll be throwing open my side passage so that peeps can gawp at my doings and wonder. A typical conversation from the last time I participated in this annual vibrant Coastal Currents cultural event ran along these lines. “Why do you bother?†“Everest.†“The double glazing company?†“No, the […]
August 11, 2013 – 6:41 pm
Well, I thought that Dickie Bird Van Dyke would end up here … … sitting on the roof of the Cliff Top Residence … which it did briefly. Unfortunately the light was wrong for a large proportion of the day and it looked rubbish so I had to remove it (not easy BTW). It’s now […]
Sometimes after having spent several years creating cutting edge art using mobile phones, wire netting, old copper cylinders, rubber ducks and Action Men you just have to reassure yourself you can still do the ‘proper’ stuff like drawing and painting. Yep, still got it. That’s OK then. Now …. where’s that calcified tap and my […]
The Cliff Top Residence will be open to the public on the weekends of 21st/22nd September and 28th/29th September. Tea and gingernuts will be available for anyone that has to travel more than 10 miles. (When I say “Open Studios†please read that as “Open Shedâ€) Please email me for full details.