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Artists and their Studios
A selection of artists and their studios – click on the images to visit the artist’s page…
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Creating Space
Just over a year ago, I moved into my present studio. I had my eye on it and leapt at the opportunity when it became available. It is quite compact and has a high, shallow window that throws in direct sunlight late in the afternoon. There is no heating and the cold can be brutal [...]
Myka Baum featured as ‘Ones To Watch’
Sue Steward Column| May 2013 Column ONES TO WATCH: Myka Baum’s “City Crops” series and Janet Laurence’s “The Ferment.” Myka Baum A young emerging photographer, Myka Baum is dedicated to the constantly changing, cyclic natural world and her work involves ephemeral plant growths rarely seen in our urban environments. “City Crops” saw plants seeded [...]
barker and stonehouse adverts
REP-BASG912-030 REP-BASG913-030 REP-BASG914-030i recently filmed these adverts for barker and stonehouse, great fun, even more fun that i got to film them with my little son
my studio
i love my studio, it’s basically my little place of organised chaos it is my place where i can do whatever i want, i find myself at my most creative when i’m listening to early 90′s west coast G-funk and hip hop, usually too loud, and am surrounded by lots and lots of paint, and [...]
Drawing and Composition
Previous to this stage, a great deal of time is made adjusting a composition, finding something that works with the size and shape of the canvas, working with rules of composition such as 3rds etc. The use of good composition found by the eye or rules of composition is very important to the aesthetics of [...]
Visiting Denmark these days?
If You´re in Denmark at the moment, do visit the show “How art is made – Projects and Processes” in Odense. I´m taking part in this show by showing the Development of the decoration of a swimming pool. Added to this I show the studies and scetches and some VERY new paintings The two paintings shown [...]
New series of paintings
I’ve been busy in my studio working on a new series of paintings, some of which will feature in an exhibition which I am taking part in at The Stone Space, a gallery in Leytonstone, east London. The exhibition, entitled The Long Memory, is a collaborative project with two fellow artists who work across sculpture, [...]
Fifth plinth at Bucks uni
. My figures which are over 12 ft had to be covered before being allowed on the plinth. I made 2 fig leaves to cover therm, apparently it is health and safety!. Despite that they look very much at home and have created a few smiles. It is that time at uni when finals and [...]