It might take a while

Before a studio space comes open...

 Continuing working on the floor in the flat. The task currently; constraints of art materials. Paper with a few mark-making pencils, inks, glue and tape. I construct 'scapes' on packing paper that I acquire via purchases of groceries, clothing, Amazon packing materials etc.

One of my applications has been approved by BV studios and I'm in the 'pool' for when a space becomes available. Bristol, being one of Britain's manufacturing hubs during the industrial revolution has repurposed old solid factory buildings etc. for artist's studios and creative tech use.

Now the green haze of Spring is spreading across the city as trees tentatively open into leaf; a different experience than a California Spring which has already arrived boldly and rapidly impatient for glorious Summer. 

Images here;

Doodles from sketch book and floor work plus a "Yves Klein-Blue" table from a visit to a gallery in Girona area of Spain last week.

April 10th - more brown paper drawing

Substances and structures of land and rock forms.

April 1st was Easter 2018.

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Geo structures   56x75cm (22x29")

I continue to work on the bedroom floor, tearing paper, gluing, throwing some paper and inks in the freezer and piecing some works together as I currently dwell in the centre of a city with 450,000 population, and reflect upon my intrigue with the wild and untamed landscapes.

Questioning details; what is it about this earth, its horizons, mountains and vistas?  Am I, are we all in danger of severing our connection to naturalness? 

Compelled to walk a terrain in order to understand and somatically experience the way these vistas were formed, I wonder how I "fit" and relate to place. This I've done since a child, thinking I was looking for friends each time we moved locations. What are the sensations I feel from crossing and dwelling on land structures? Using a more scrutinizing look, I borrow the gaze of a geologist.

More drawings to date; packing paper and brown parcel paper, inks, white acrylic, paper from shopping bags, graphite, silver Gaffa Tape.

March 29th

art on the bedroom floor (best light!) Since the drawing class with Stuart Geddes at the RWA Bristol it's been a self review on mark making. Fun!

2018 in the UK

It's March, it's chilly, as most of the trees in the landscape are deciduous, it's visually Wintery.

That is the beauty of the promise of the transformation to come. Spring! Not only is the landscape a mass of brilliant greens, the birds burst out with a dawn chorus and life teems with palpable energy, vibrating the new season into the life stream.

Bristol in West England a university city and a creative hub, is where I'm starting this "adventure" of living back "home" for a year. Raising a family in California has rendered me of "trans-Atlantic" species. Now it is a journey of exploring my deep-rooted sense of belonging, discovering those influences in my art work while reconciling my dual citizenship.

Pollard tree                         1st drawing session        Bristol Graffiti