Apart from the forces of nature, most of this island presents itself as adapted by mankind to suit its needs of the times. I studied the aspects of our intervention and shaping of the landscape for my degree but on a short trip up to North Yorkshire to the spawning grounds of the great industrial […]
Monument?
Over the long weekend in Harrogate, I took off to explore the Valley Gardens and the thick woodland towards the upper reaches of this jewel of a green lung right in the middle of the town. Mrs O was not at her best and had decided to stay indoors knitting. She does not like scary […]
Zenza Bronica – Kodak Portra 400
I paid a visit to the framing gallery this week to drop off some of my ‘Pictures from an exhibition’ series for mounting. They are going into the forthcoming Freudian Sheep exhibition ‘Small World’. Whilst I was at it, I decided to get this image taken at Felixstowe in early winter 2013 as an end […]
Edgelands – Collaboration – the way forward
Out of adversity comes opportunity. Recently, a gallery I was after securing to include in my ACE application got knocked back. I decided to ask for the help of the arts liaison officer from Suffolk County Council for galleries that were big enough to hang my work. I got a very good reply with several […]
The Freudian Sheep
I am a member of the Freudian Sheep artist group in Ipswich. Ian Moss and Eleanor May run this delightful establishment in St Helens Street, Ipswich. Each month there is a fresh exhibition of work in the gallery with open views taking place on the Saturday. We are quite an eclectic group and a […]
Edgelands – cone
And here is another comparison. I am fascinated by the differences but I still prefer the look and feel of the original 6×6 format on Kodak Portra 400. The majority of my Landscape type images are made during the Winter months. Subtleties such as camera height also play a part. The original was shot with […]
Edgelands revisited – July 2014
I stopped shooting my project at the end of March. In the intervening months I have been preoccupied with delivering my degree portfolio and putting on two shows. Top that with trying to get my body back into a fit enough state to work and I’ve found that 3 and a half months have flown […]
And now it is all over – Degree show and Free Range 2014
The last 16 days have been a whirlwind of activities and events that have left me breathless. I always knew putting on two degree shows would be hard work by it was much harder than imagined, but also quite slick when all the parts moved together. Building and tearing down Ipswich showed some people in […]
Friendships – one door begins to close and others slide open again
Within two weeks my time as an undergraduate comes to an end. Out of a starting class of 48, we are down to 33 and from that 33 we are down to 23 showing at Free Range and from the overall group I expect that I can maybe count 5 as being people with whom […]
Friday was the best and the worst day
Last Friday was the longest day ever as I waited at home for my very large C-Type prints to arrive from Metro following an exacerbating group meeting about our degree shows. I just had to get out of UCS as fast as possible that day which made the rest of the day arduous to say […]