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Using super sculpey for the 1st time to create a small statue incorporating elements from my puppet sculpture……a female version. By using a light colour on the body & emphasing the breasts and belly with a nude colour I hope to give this statue an anthropomorphic quality.

Finally finished!  It was a real learning curve using oils to try and capture a sense of unease. The narrative is left open for interpretation.

Painting especially using oils brings up its own challenges. The dilemma is trying to make your subject life like but still evoking a sense of feeling and mood. Spent too much time bogged down with detail now trying to loosen up. Not happy at this stage  Started to blur & not get hung up on […]

Saturday 4th March was the launch of the ‘Awakenings’ exhibition at the Conquest Gallery in Canterbury. Unfortunately I was unable to make it but my lovely uni friends were busy taking pics of our contribution to this exhibition.                               

1st life drawing class for quite a few years, however all that we know or feel comfortable would be put aside for some unconventional but liberating techniques. A combination of drawing without seeing, using opposite hand and making a mark using a long cane. Ironically the best one was using all three methods.

This painting has been propped up in the studio at uni for weeks, now feel ready to tackle it. A link from last terms work to my current practice featuring the hare/stork figure. A dream like world featuring events from the day coupled with a solitary figure conjuring up dark emotions.