Oct 8, 2005
Another extremely busy week teaching, in the studio as well as fitting in an evening of Nick Drake at the Phoenix Cinema with a live band. I have been plugging away on my small Oxford ‘Jungle’ paintings which are becoming infested with cats. I am loving...
Oct 4, 2005
In between teaching and making art, I had time to squeeze in a couple of mad social engagements this weekend. On Friday went to see a production of Carmen by Chisinau National Opera at the New Theatre Oxford with my friend Lucy. When I was about ten, I was once in a...
Sep 29, 2005
Being quite on the blog usually means one of two things: either I am very down and don’t want to write anything, or I am extraordinarily busy. Fortunately, it is the latter and in the last week or so I managed to spent a good deal of my spare time down the...
Sep 19, 2005
You know that old caberet routine where a guy in a tux tries to spin loads of plates on rods? He has to keep checking them all and giving each one a wee spin to keep them all going and stop them from falling off and breaking. Last week’s teaching at Brookes has...
Sep 10, 2005
This week i moved out of student halls and into my new room in a house share with Rachel and Michael. Rachel is the rowing correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and has been very welcoming to me as I settle in. I have done a fair bit of socialising of late and it is...