Category: Personal Reflections

Thoughts, insights, and moments from my creative and professional journey. the reflections that shape my art, my work, and the way I see the world.

growth Signs: After 6 years Art practice

Personal Reflections

This blog is about six years old. Since 2018 this space has been the anchor to me keeping my artistic practice going as if some form of curious web based accountability buddy that is silently coaching me along.

I was reading what I originally wrote in the About section. It’s what PR folk would say is ‘the origin story’ and how my blog and art practice started with a couple of tubes of WH Smith paint in a used Charlie Bingham box. Looking back at the images I think my practice has grown and developed.

Below are more photos of artefacts portraying the growth in my art practice. You will see how I have graduated from storing things in a used Charlie Bingham tray to now using seven Haeckles Innovation boxes to store my paints and all kinds of other artistic bits and bobs.

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Ability to follow engaging Style is

Personal Reflections

What makes a good leader?

This bloganuary prompt (what makes a good leader?) made me chip in mid week and roll over to Sunday. We are seeing more reports on successful leaders being able to follow a variety of elements within the organisation. Some of the elements include what their followers say is of concern. Leaders today also must follow guidance and advice from a range of stakeholders. Later you will read how important it is that leaders get the very soft and aesthetic elements right too.

Following rules for shelf styling. Clumping elements in threes, fives or sevens, Maximising the layers, using lighting, botanicals, colour and painting tactically to get an inspired feminine industrious vibe.

Zone into wellbeing elements like designer iconic candles and image on a brochure i liked.

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Why Transitional Art? On Emerging from an Architectural Imprint

Personal Reflections

Looking at photos of houses that were once my home I noticed a common theme. The commonality might be about the London Building vernacular. But I’m beginning to think 🤔 more about my home style choices and preferences and how that is expressed in my artwork and making.

Our place in Hackney, I was brought here from the hospital. From year O till about age 4 or 5. We lived on the top floor but we used the whole house and the garden because the landlady was nice and liked our family.
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Ethereal Experiments

Personal Reflections

I was thinking 🧐 of contrasts and reducing my colour palette recently. Below are a couple of images where I played with new forms and hues. This week I was struck by the work of Mexican artist Sandra del Pilar and British artist Sahara Longe. Both seem to assert figures of humanity in subtle ways. I like how their figures seem to give way to the paint and colour form.

My ink drops play for a ghostly theatre round abstract
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Using art practice to revitalise the work of managers.

Personal Reflections

What have you been working on?

I just got back from a week in Chicago. Flew out last Sunday (short unexpected stop over in Philadelphia) and returned to London yesterday on a magnificent two story airbus.

Flying over Ireland on return
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