“Space”

Space fascinates me. Not just the one with the stars and black holes and what not. But just, the concept of space. My space, your space. Big, small. Small can feel safe and big can feel small. In art, when you move away from focussing on the object, to focussing on the space, it becomes a different thing. Like I said, fascinating… read more

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  • August – “Space”

    August – “Space”

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    Space fascinates me. Not just the one with the stars and black holes and what not. But just, the concept of space. My space, your space. Big, small. Small can feel safe and big can feel small. In art, when you move away from focussing on the object, to focussing on the space, it becomes…

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  • Join my livestream today!

    Join my livestream today!

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    I’m going live on YouTube today with a bit of painting and chatting. Check out the timezones down below. I’ll also send out a reminder an hour before through my newsletter. I like doing the daily paintings I did at the end of last year. But my current working portraits are taking up most of…

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  • How to paint a non-consensual smile

    How to paint a non-consensual smile

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    The kid and I were on a trip. I don’t do phone photos so I pushed my over-sized lens in his face. He grimaced. “Look normal!”, I said. “No.” “Please?” “No mum!” I twist my face behind the camera into a weird expression. It doesn’t take much. He smiled and that was that. A non-consensual…

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  • I’m tired and it’s affecting my art routine

    I’m tired and it’s affecting my art routine

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    As much as I try to stay away from posting too much negativity on my blog or social media channels, I can’t really go any other way right now. I know that many of you are shocked, angry, sad, all of the above, by the shit that is the world right now. Some of us…

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