This paper is a critical reflection on a project to investigate what I call Heidegger Moments (HMs). HMs are intense creative experiences t

In viewing my work, a colleague commented ‘you must remember that painting is a visual medium

I wish to use my response to these three exhibitions to reflect on what lies beyond my own practice.

In this paper, I wish to explore the experience of a different power relationship, one where the object is given primacy in its own right

Miroslaw Balka’s early works ‘explore the imprint of the artist’s past on his adult persona’

Of all of the writers on art I have read – art critics, theorists, philosophers, artists themselves – none has been of as much practical hel

In the attached table I identify key passages in Cain’s book that, for me, either support or contrast with my current thinking.

The third series of Presence paintings take us further into the ‘deliberative painting’ approach, exposing us to further questions about the

This blog summarises the experience of my first steps in researching the capture of ‘presence’ through a particular approach to painting

Presence II is the second round of investigating the ‘deliberative’ mark and the production of ‘presence’ in painting

Why do painters paint? A simple question with, perhaps, a simple answer – painters are compelled to paint, and feel less engaged with...

In the Autumn 2017 edition of TATE Etc, there is a brief article by the artist Miroslaw Balka, titled 'You don't need to see a work of...

I have a morning in which to paint. For the last 5 or 6 months I have been busy doing everything but paint - building a website,...

The evolution of my artistic practice has introduced me to new ideas and ways of working that have changed me as a person,

In my first blog, I intended to write a measured piece, one that would set the tone for this blog – something about the transition from...