Diary Entries (2024)

CLUNKY & ALIENATING [#291224]

CLUNKY & ALIENATING [#291224]

29/12/24 I’ve been thinking about how to bring in some kind of installation element to my paintings, how I could possibly display them with objects of importance or significance. At...

CLUNKY & ALIENATING [#291224]

29/12/24 I’ve been thinking about how to bring in some kind of installation element to my paintings, how I could possibly display them with objects of importance or significance. At...

HUGE, BURLY CANVASSES [#281224]

HUGE, BURLY CANVASSES [#281224]

28/12/24 Large figurative works are HARD. For one, you've got to use your whole body, at times swinging wildly your limbs to create great, sweeping, gestural marks to convey the...

HUGE, BURLY CANVASSES [#281224]

28/12/24 Large figurative works are HARD. For one, you've got to use your whole body, at times swinging wildly your limbs to create great, sweeping, gestural marks to convey the...

Rebirth [#271224]

Rebirth [#271224]

27/12/24 And just like that, the painting is now working again. The destruction led to a sense of freedom, it opened up several new paths that were not previously viable,...

Rebirth [#271224]

27/12/24 And just like that, the painting is now working again. The destruction led to a sense of freedom, it opened up several new paths that were not previously viable,...

Boxing Day [#261224]

Boxing Day [#261224]

  26/12/24 It’s tradition in my hometown of Wigan to go out and celebrate in fancy dress on Boxing Day. I don’t know where it came from and I don’t...

Boxing Day [#261224]

  26/12/24 It’s tradition in my hometown of Wigan to go out and celebrate in fancy dress on Boxing Day. I don’t know where it came from and I don’t...

Leonardo [#241224]

Leonardo [#241224]

  24/12/24 Sunday was one of those days where everything seemed wrong. Whether it was me that was wrong or the universe is quite irrelevant. It was probably me. The...

Leonardo [#241224]

  24/12/24 Sunday was one of those days where everything seemed wrong. Whether it was me that was wrong or the universe is quite irrelevant. It was probably me. The...

Work [#201224]

Work [#201224]

20.12.24 Things continue to get busier, which is absolutely what I've been wanting to happen so I won't complain, I won't complain, I won't complain. In the studio, I am...

Work [#201224]

20.12.24 Things continue to get busier, which is absolutely what I've been wanting to happen so I won't complain, I won't complain, I won't complain. In the studio, I am...