The waters settle


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 those whom I see as taken a genre to its limit, even they themselves seem to be struggling to move forward from where they are, their most recent exhibition in Brooklyn in New York supports this as I find little new coming from their world.

Who knows where my new software will take me, perhaps even the possibility that there is a step forward from Gilbert and George in the creation of a moving image collage, while not knowing what my new Illustrator software is capable of and linking it to my current and equally difficult struggles with the Adobe Film software, both learning curves have to be quite steep; it is unlikely that I will be able to create any self satisfying works in time for the next exhibition but it is worth a try if only as a stepping stone.


The recently found sound artist that would have been so useful for the artwork side of Dog Tag Media has pulled out through work committments, it is a shame because now I shall have to go and find another, until then the story boards continue to clutter the front room and fill my desk top with trials that are not fit for publishing, I have the sound editing software myself but feel I would be stretching myself to try to get to grips with that at the moment but if no-one appears it may have to be me.



I await with anticipation both for the decision from the exhibition selection committee for the local arts centre in response to my CD submission for an autumn show and also for the short list for the ALW Award to be published, both nail biting opportunities that I am quite excited about until then however life goes on.



(Images courtesy of Penny and are snapshots from within the finshed pieces from the recent exhibition)

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