More art less natter

This is sippose to be a rambling for my art, and it will be I promise!  I have a oneway ticket to Canada in August and will be picking up from a different point than where I left of with my artwork.  For the meantime, check out Sophie Price and her impersonations of Natalie Cassidy, Amy Childs and Danny Dyer.  Well funny.

Natalie Cassidy



Natalie Cassidy and Amy Childs

Danny Dyer

The Imploding Inevitable Festival Line-up

Check it out, loverly new poster and even more so the line-up!  There is only 3 week's to go and tickets are going, i'm so excited!  I cannot wait,  I stayed in a yurt last year but this time i'll be in a tent which makes me even more excited.

Tickets are still availible and you can get them HERE :)

Kindling

So today I came across Claire Price's work.  I've always admired the patience in her work, juxtaposed by the erratic what-seems-to-be-not-planned-but-probably-meticulously-planned erratic mark's that disrupt the stillness. To me, it has the effect of Vodka and Red Bull; slows the heart rate yet races it in a pleasant way.

I remember seeing Price's work on the front cover of the free magazine you get at Saatchi, I was rude and took three.  I want one to keep the article for myself, one to dissect the article for Aspects of Contemporary Art (a module at university) and one to cut up and re-arrange her work.  For no particular reason.

When people ask you who your favourite artist is, my mind goes blank.  Walking into a music shop to buy a CD, my mind goes blank I have no idea who or what sort of music I like!  An article appeared on my news feed or her current exhibition and it was a FUCK. YES. moment.  I want to paint, she makes me want to paint.  She instills a glimer, of what I don't know.  But I love it when an artist and their work does this, it does not happen much but when it hits you, it's a major FUCK.YES!

'Piece of me' - Clare Price

Clare Price

On another note, I found my first painting.  I used acrylics and it is on MDF and just under one meter (length)

Like a fat cunt getting fucked on a low rise.

What you made of, of.

As you can see from the total lack of art work appearing on my blog, I somewhat ended my visual. documentative relationship with the world.  Not totally, but 40%.  I kinda hate(d) art at the moment and what it has become to me, the water in the glass is filling up slowly, drop by drop and I am getting back to what I once used art for; escapism.  I don't like to admit it but artists i knew or once did, art, people, media, art school, tutors (or lack of them), collectors, gallery's and the people walking around them turned me dislike it.  Completley unnessary, 'saaaaaad', pretentious or what ever you want to call it, i'll agree (to a certain point)  I made me become a person I wasn't and it did not make me happy.  I gave it up.  I gave the practice up.  I never gave up the thoughts about work, spending 4 hours on a bus looking out the window taking photos of the surrounding thinking 'what if'.

I went to Canada, I went skiing for 3 months and became a Level 2 CSIA Instructor.  What I found skiing is what I use to find within.  The ability to escape, favorite brush (favorite skies; fat, thin) favorite colour (favorite run; double blacks, greens) favorite medium (favorite snow; chest deep powder, icy groomed runs etc) and it completely filled that gap.

I've no managed to say what I completely mean, I find it difficult putting head thoughts to paper, but I hope you can catch my drift.  Art school  was a waste of time, its just a fucked u convayour belt of shite, and if anyone comes across this post who is considering it, think about it over and over and over again ... until the answer becomes; do something real and exhilarating. Dare you.

Imploding Inevitable Festival 2012

It's that time of the year again, the Imploding Inevitable Festival is back again .. and with even more to offer, more poetry, more vintage clothing and more top secret delights .. I  may tell you, but you may  have to buy a ticket, I promise you will not be disappointed!

This year there was a batch of early bird tickets that went on release at the beginning of this year, well it's fair to say they all went in record time!

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

A brand spanking new website is currently being designed and should be up and running very shortly ... not to mention the new addition to team Gordon MacDonald creating a batch of bespoke posters, eye catching, simple - yet effective/  The posters are sophisticated, and represent Imploding Inevitable very well ...  they certainly caught my eye! (you can take one after the gig aswell)

CLICK ME to have alook through The II Festival'S Facebook page, it has photos and news about upcoming gigs in The Tudor, Wigan and Dulcimer, Manchester.

Take Care x

Vintage for sale

I've got a few items for sale on Ebay from vintage dresses to skirts.  All reasonably priced, so have a gander ... 

CLICK FOR VINTAGE

Cowboy Trail, BC. 2012

Self Portait Study I

Below, two close up images:

A working progress;

Bits o'bobs

 Tester prints/ideas for award winning poet Bethany Whittle, will post her poetry soon along with my drawings.

The Rise of II

This weekend is the II Festival, i'm very excited for it, we got given a talk on how young children learn within art late week, it seems so appropiate as I am doing a workshop with the young un's, unfortuantly the workshop is only an hour and half long, I wanted to plant life-size mythicals beasts in the trees and around the campsite, make dens and hang a perspect painting from one tree to another... but headdresses/masks it must be.

Peter Randall-Page has been in the Gallery today setting up his solo exhibition, usally that side of the exhibition is taken care of by gallery staff.

 I have been recently appointed Visual Arts Co-ordinator for the Arts Exchange.  A group I knew little of, I went along to a networking event with poet Louise Fazackerly and met people from the team.  The deal with appointing funding for projects and events.  If you are from the Wigan and Leigh area, have alook!

The Arts Exchange

On going battle

...will it ever end!  Maybe not on this painting, here is what I've been workin on today ...

lost and found

Iris Schiefertein

Untitled

Commision - Grand Arcade

Finished work after a 12 hour day producing 4 displays for Louise Fazackerly, poet and creative director of Talent Factory.  They will be in the Grand Arcade 13th - 15th May 2011 then on display for the Northwest Arts Exchange.

If only I could do that everyday!

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