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The semi-final in Felixstowe on the hottest day of the year
Well technically Felixstowe was the hottest place in the UK, the day before the semi-final, but thankfully with the sea breeze it was bearable, unless …
My heat at Broadstairs: Sky Landscape Artist of the Year!
Winning an actual place on Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 was a delicious surprise and I was determined to enjoy every moment whilst …
Advice for taking part as a Wild Card artist in Sky Landscape Artist of the Year competition
Having been lucky enough to get an actual place in a heat this year made me reflect on my two previous experiences of being a …
Permission Granted
I was brought up in a loving home but with little exposure to life beyond our working-class bubble. Little wonder that at 14 I wanted …
The Infinite Gap – disappointment and creativity
I have been unpicking this thing called disappointment lately as it hounds me, frequently flattening my enthusiasm and energy. To a certain degree, I …
That’s the only eulogy I need
“at least I f**king tried…That’s the only euology I need” (Frank Turner) I’m sitting here, in a freezing cold, partially converted warehouse, painting properly for the …
Stop romanticizing creativity…please
A short video pleading for some honesty about the creative process…
When I am gazing out the window…
One evening, when I was about 16, we were playing a family game of cards and my mind must have wandered off as I was …
Being inside the chrysalis, amongst the creative gloop
Last year, I needed to really focus, really hide myself away and immerse myself in a new project – a big one. I started to …
The Dark Side of creativity – Episode 2
If you haven’t read Episode 1, you can see it here, but I finished it off with the grand statement “next time we will examine the role …
Another Dark Side to Creativity: effort embarrassment and guilt!
I was up early this morning – I have a 3 day conference to go to this afternoon, but that wasn’t the reason for rising …
The Dark Side of creativity – episode one
I have been thinking about the dark side of creativity a lot lately. The public face of creativity is usually one of beautiful paintings, meaningful …