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Studio Update – Sunday 3rd November 2024
It turns out that I’m not particularly cut out to be a tamagotchi parent, as much as I try. I don’t quite remember them being so much work. I have enough on without being subjected to the whims of an electronic master. After progressing through the egg stage (yes, apparently tamagotchi have stages) they grow…
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Studio Update 15/09/2023 – Fighting a Painting, Planning, and Inspiring
Before you read any more, I should point out that I don’t usually have this amount of bother with a painting,
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Studio Update 31st July 2023
Collages, Tories trying to Cancel Creative Degrees, A new Portrait Commission, and a Uni Course Update
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COVID-19 Pandemic Working- Digital Vs Traditional
It’s been over a year since the pandemic started. I remember the fear creeping around the edges of my life as the case numbers started creeping up, and the conversations I was having with people at the time, at times almost begging them to stay at home when they were going to the pub, or…
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#BeastieAry –
So this October I had big plans. While many get excited at the prospect of the depths of winter, and the celebrations of Christmas, I am much more an autumnal spirit. The nights drawing in, and the chill in the air make me much more comfortable than the biting cold of Scottish Winter. October is…
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The Full Picture – First Thoughts
I don’t know if you’ll be aware, but there was a bit of big news in the world of Josh Moir recently. I was successful in being awarded a proposal with Creative Dundee. The project is called ‘The Full Picture’ and me and three other artists are going to be looking at the barriers to…
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Dundee – A Story about a Beautiful Baby and some Windows
My immediate family have lived in Dundee for as long as we can remember. Sure there are some of us who have moved away and others who moved here from other places, (my Mum is technically Glaswegian by birth) but we have all grown up in Dundee, and are as closely tied to the recent…
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How Shielding has effected my Art Practice
If you follow me on any of my social media platforms you’ll no doubt have seen me both complain and compliment the Scottish Government’s Shielding protocol for people at the highest risk of complications from COVID-19. No leaving the house, no visitors, and no interaction within 2 metres with the people I live with. I…
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Finding your New Normal; TTWL in hindsight
I honestly couldn’t have expected, when I was first developing the work that would go into The Things We Lost, not only my first Solo Exhibition, but also one fraught with personal meaning and symbolism, that just two years later, discourse on finding a ‘New Normal’ would be so prevalent in popular culture. These are…
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What I’m watching in Lockdown
A couple of weeks ago I got a letter in the post from the Scottish Government advising me that for 12 weeks from the receipt of that letter I shouldn’t leave my house for any reason. If I needed shopping or food, assistance would be provided for me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m incredibly grateful…