Empty Book Anxiety

As an artist it has been the tradition for me to keep sketchpads. It started at school with red and yellow A4 Daler Rowney pads which I filled with pencil drawings and acrylic paintings of Aunty Evie, Uncle Jimmy, apples, oranges, shoes and the occasional dining room chair.  I enjoyed drawing and painting in these…

Mikey Georgeson – Tragicosmic

Mikey Georgeson, painter, performer and all round good egg, has an exhibition opening at Sartorial Contemporary Art in London and has asked me to write a short piece about the show. Given that Mikey’s paintings are quite slippery customers, created ‘up to but not beyond the point of understanding’, the task was an interesting one.…

Legends of Circumstance – Pete Lloyd and the Mushroom Band

Many thanks to Pete for this startling performance, it was perfect for the show. In an ideal world this would have been filmed by a pro with a HD camcorder on a tripod. We used a point and shoot digital camera held by a man on a window ledge who needed the toilet.

Legends of Circumstance – Mr Solo

Was Southampton ready? Only time will tell… A million thanks to Mr Solo for donning his cat suit and performing during the private view.