Physical and digital art – a trail and the side of a house
First appearance of augmented reality at Steyning Arts trail? Probably! Continue reading Physical and digital art – a trail and the side of a house
Physical and digital art – a trail and the side of a house
You could probably describe Steyning in west Sussex as a relatively affluent middle class market town. It has a history as a port in the 8th/11th century until the mouth of the Adur at Shoreham silted up and left it … Continue reading Physical and digital art – a trail and the side of a house
‘Talk to me about when we were perfect’
This is the title of a forthcoming collection of poetry by Amanda Huggins, one of whose included poems forms the textual background of a painting made for Personal Practice. She loved the painting and asked if she could use it … Continue reading ‘Talk to me about when we were perfect’
Morning, Trailers!
Steyning Arts art trail starts to today and the Sensational Six are at The Hub in Upper Beeding. We’ll be open for business at 11 this morning, through to 5pm. Abstracts, people, animals, patterns, glassware, wallpaper, prints, textiles, an actual … Continue reading Morning, Trailers!
Rift #4 – being and not being ‘normal’
Flirting with a painting-by-numbers set and ending up with a subversion in soft pastels of Van Gough’s Starry Night opened one of those mental doors that might have stayed close without considering how Van Gogh’s panoply of disorders could have … Continue reading Rift #4 – being and not being ‘normal’
‘Inspo’, where does it come from?
The word is a bit of an annoyance because if we’re being picky, it should be ‘inspi’, but as shorthand for that body of images and words, experiences, and miasmic mashups of a lived life, it will do nicely. I’ve … Continue reading ‘Inspo’, where does it come from?
Steyning Arts art trail – not long to go!
I am exhibiting with some very experienced artists who know their way round a publicity campaign and I’m playing catch-up here with a use of PowerPoint I never could have imagined a few years ago! These are just some of the paintings I’ll be taking and because almost all of them have embedded AR (augmented reality) videos, you might want to get hold of the Artivive app for the full singing, dancing experience. You’ll be able to activate the video once you get your painting home too. Using Artivive: the AR works by recognising a photograph of the painting and … Continue reading Steyning Arts art trail – not long to go!
Subversion – personal painting, #rift
I’m quite fond of subverting what might be described as genre output by juxtaposing or underpinning a relatively traditional piece with something that jolts it a bit. So when I came across an ad for a painting-by-numbers Van Gogh, my mind had already raced to an idea involving tracing and cutting out the numbered areas then enlarging and exploding them over an A1 card. But reality had other ideas. The schematic is printed onto the canvas which, unlike the ones from my childhood, is real and not a piece of cardboard. But even if it had been a firm surface, … Continue reading Subversion – personal painting, #rift
Incidental green screen experiments
What had been so mysterious has become a thing of many possibilities – those adjacent ones I was talking about earlier whereby you need to be in the first room before the doors to other rooms become available. I suppose … Continue reading Incidental green screen experiments
Personal Painting – Rift #3
I was thinking this time of socio-political rifts and what more fundamental one could there be but the impact of Brexit on the union? Scotland, which has been pressing for independence for many years, is closer than ever to having … Continue reading Personal Painting – Rift #3
Strayfish Arts 