My move is complete, the final piece of the Jigsaw being the telephone and internet connection, on reflection and despite being off line for the past six weeks I have to wonder where I would have had the time for blogs and websites and stuff.
There came a point, once I had packed my worldly goods, that it became impossible to start any new work until the move was complete, the move went smoothly and the absence of telephone and internet allowed me to get on with many other aspects of forging a career in the arts.
During that time I received an award from the Cumbria Council and the University of Cumbria for work following studies and came as a result of nomination by Tracy Robinson of Stonham Home Housing. I have also seen 3 press reportings, two local publications following both the award and another courtesy of Two Castles Public Relations that marked my move into the new studio, and one National in a Military Veterans quarterly publication, courtesy of Jerry Lyons of the Stonham PR Office.
On the career front I am now under the direction of McMillan Consultancy of Newcastle who have taken me on for the next 5 years and have formulated a plan which culminates in a show at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gateshead and a UK Tour, were I to consider such an audacious plan myself it would all be a bit scary really but being under the direction of someone now looking after the admin side of my career it frees me up wonderfully just to create and go a bit wild!
For much of the past six weeks I have buried myself in the local culture and have spent a vast amount of time out on the street with my camera, this has produced successes on two fronts, the first being my knowledge of the town and its folk and, and secondly, it has allowed people to match the face in the press with the artist in the street prompting the offer of an exhibition space when the new body of work is completed.
