RCA Day 35. My research for the Fear and Salvation series continues with a trip to St. Bartholomew Hospital to meet consultant...

Drawn in by the strength of the images, my area of research is based around the ship breaking industry. More research to follow.

07/11/2022 By far the most interesting exhibition I have seen in a long time. I found it inspirational and intriguing.

Testing ideas and sketching in oil. The hackney late night shopper. Painted from memory. This along with various pallet tests.

A new addition to the Fear and Salvation series. The first I would paint in oil paint. This has been ongoing.

Based around around the topic of humility and having listened to philosophy talks on you tube. I decided to peruse this area of painting...

Wanting to experiment with oils for some time and being encouraged to try new things by the tutors, I decided that now was the moment to...

Research into ship breaking. Environmental and humanitarian impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alang_Ship_Breaking_Yard Alang Ship...

Stretcher building workshop induction.

We're now at day 12 and into the first painting. The idea was to do another in the Fear and Salvation series on large canvas (160cm sq) I...

Book 1 on the Reading list. Painting Beyond Itself. This was challenging as is it was packed with, (and I learnt this phrase especially...

A collection of urinals. Words to describe the series Towers of humility. Vulnerability From Beggar to Emperor, never more than a few...

Barbican Centre

I visited the Exhibition Phantom Creeps by Pamela Golden at the New Art Projects gallery in east London. I was not expecting the works to...

Studio assignment. This will be my working home for the next year. She's wee but will do just fine.

A trip to the Battersea campus to collect my student ID. What you're witnessing here is a sense of contained elation.

RCA Day 1 intro.