lifes journey

since 10 March I have been in my own little world, pondering and pottering while the world and its mother, passed me by. I have little need at this moment in time to move at the same pace as everyone else, and, while youngsters on their bikes, supported with stabilisers, and by animals with far less purpose than even I at the moment, I have reorganised my life, sorted out the wheat from the chaff as it were and broken my workload down to a point where I am able to move forward, both as a person and as an artist. My current fixed projects are as varied as they are separated by simple geography, the Glass House restoration and the Film company, Dog Tag Media both based in Scotland and my Autumn Show here in Kendal. My recent contact with Melvyn Bragg is now at an end though not without my realising that there really was no connection between us sufficient as to reap the full benefits of being in contact with such a genuine person, the lack of contact simply of my own making and borne of ...

Time allows for me now to continue to relax, at least on the creative side of life, now, with my home a studio from one end to the other it is time to find my living space once again and start to pack away, (and dispose of!), all the crap that has accumilated over the recent and manic creative period, where does it all come from and, in retrospect, what part did any of it play in the final pieces; not a lot practically however from an my minds perspective all the junk has contributed greatly to the overall rustic appeal of the works; for the next works only a tidy environment will do. At the moment I am struggling with Adobe Illustrator, and, with Gilbert and Gilbert as my inspirational directions, I head off into the world of the unknown yet again in a bid to find a place in creativity that I can call my own, in a frustrating manner Gilbert and George seem to be what I call brick wall artists, ( rather than bridging artists who provide direction for travel) brick wall artists are thos...

I can only apologise in advance for the length of this post, since my last post however my weeks have left me with hardly a minute when something new and exciting wasn’t happening; at this moment in time a small part of me considers that I may have taken on more than I can chew however the greater part considers that with regard to the differing timescales of each of the new project time allows for an acceptable level of headway along my journey. I have just returned from The Combat Stress Residence, they are the charity that provides me with the care and support I need to help me along this step of my journey, they only have 3 such places throughout the uk leaving me feeling so lucky to manage to get a placement as there are so many veterans needing this kind of help as to provide for a lengthy waiting list. My arrival in Scotland was greeted by the news that a Burns Supper was planned for that evening, apart from it being the birthdate of Burns himself for me, the evening was a celeb...