Image: IT CUTS BOTH WAYS. Mixed Media on Canvas. 25.5 x 25.5 x 2 cm. 2009 CONSEQUENCES. There is a difficult and delicate balance to be struck between control and freedom. With power comes responsibility and decisions have consequences. If the overriding priority of the government is to preserve the health of the nation then…
FILLING THE TIME. It very much looks as if this lockdown will be extended beyond the original three weeks deadline and for all you creative people out there you may be wondering how to fill the time. Here’s an idea for you…… Do you have a piece of furniture which is past it’s sell by…
THE MOON. This photo was taken a few minutes ago from the top of my garden, if you look carefully you can see the moon in the glorious blue sunlit sky. It got me thinking… The sun brightens our days and the moon illuminates the night, they work in consort, one following the other to…
SORTING OUT. For the last week many of us have used the isolation to do some sorting out, organising and tidying around the house. I’ve been organising my workshop, studio for several days now. With the recycled centres closed of course you may well have, as do I, a growing pile of unwanted stuff destined…
Image: Champagne Days. 2015. Private Collection. In normal times the hope of many is that they will one day win the lottery or come into some unexpected windfall or stumble on that pot at the end of the rainbow which will enable them to live in the lap of luxury. This lockdown has seen so…
TICK TOCK. Here we are at day 9 of the official lockdown with only 12 days to go before the magic three weeks are up and who knows how much longer after then ? This worrying ‘state of limbo’ waiting for life to restart, has been much discussed in the media of late. In the…
Image: FACE. Portrait Series, Acrylic and Collage on Card. 2010. SUPERWOMEN. The fact that women are stronger than men shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Statisticians comparing worldwide figures into Covid 19 have discovered that men have a significantly higher chance of contracting and dying from the virus. Men globally have less healthy lifestyles;…
NUTS AND BOLTS. Our capacity as humans for creativity and innovation never fails to amaze me. Necessity is certainly the mother of invention. News broke today that the Mercedes Formula 1 team have helped to build a UK breathing aid for Covid -19. In only 10 days, working with medics from UCLH and engineers at…
SIMPLE PLEASURES. Time to get out the zoetrope. In this increasingly busy and complex world simple pleasures have become a rarity. For those of us in enforced isolation there is an opportunity to indulge in these and find comfort in the simple pleasures of life. Not so of course for the many brave key workers…
RONDEZ-VOUS in AMBOISE. 2014 This piece from 2014 reminds me of my friends in France, struggling , just as we are, with this pandemic. I am sure you have friends abroad and are keeping in touch to ensure that they are well and safe. One thing that this situation has brought clearly into focus is…
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