‘AUTUMN BLOOMS’ BY JULIE-ANN SIMPSON ‘O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe, And all the daughters of the year shall dance! Sing now the lusty song of fruits […]

‘COME BACK SOON 2’ BY LIAM SYMES ‘Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from the sieve of her hands and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.’ CAROL ANN DUFFY

“When we first look at an object or image it is already etched with our own personal meaning. That meaning is impossible to remove; it is permanently fixed in our memory. Different people will interpret the same sensory stimulus in different ways, based on who they are and the background factors that influence what they […]

“My practice focuses on conformity and mob mentality. Using past experiences of Glasgow gang culture, I explore the intimidation of extreme religious cults and left wing political groups.” Craig Wright

“In art, I value freedom above all – my own and that of the recipient. I avoid over intellectualisation, I don’t pierce my art with a gibberish relay of socially or politically correct information. I also leave viewer with the freedom of interpretation. I don’t try to be literal, I leave most things unanswered often by choosing […]

“I am interested in life, energy, the body and all biological processes…and fascinated by that which has its own anatomy, weight, scale, heat. In the step-by-step process of their transformation body images are deformed and deconstructed so they can be assembled anew.” – Agata Czeremuszkin-Chrut See into the world of

‘LONDON VISTA’ BY NINA STALLWOOD ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, […]

Some MA Art shows we’ll be visiting this month – WIMBLEDON COLLEGE OF ARTS, Postgraduate Summer Show 2015 3rd – 10th September, Saturday 11.00 – 17.00, Sunday CLOSED, Monday – Friday 10.00- 20.00 •Digital Theatre • Drawing • Theatre Design Wimbledon College of Arts, Merton hall Road, London, SW19 3QA ARTS UNIVERSITY BOURNEMOUTH – MA […]

‘EVENING LAKE’ BY THOMAS CAMERON ‘Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still. But now they drift on the still water, Mysterious, beautiful; Among what rushes will they build, By what […]

“I capture dark moments and try to make them beautiful in my own unique way. In my work I construct romantic notion of poverty crossed with my dreams , memories and reflections. My art is very autobiographical and I naturally fill sketchbooks with my ideas through the nights and days.”