Pick Me Up

Some amazing prints at Pick Me Up art fair....My favourites are Mr Bingo, James Joyce, Claire Scully and Mathis Rekowski. Came out very inspired and full of ideas.

Rob Ryan at Pick Me Up

The Pick Me Up exhibition at Somerset House was a Saturday well spent... Every single print was fabulous from start to finish. I got to meet Rob Ryan who had his studio set up in the exhibition, was amazing to see his set up and his team intricately cutting away at his designs. That was like the invisible wish you get.... where if you were granted invisibility for the day what would you do... I got to do just that and walk round his studio, listen in to their work chat (what time was lunch) watch Rob draw; watch his assistants cut and some other people on Macs.... Was even more grateful for the advice Rob gave. I’ve just signed up for a workshop with the Print Club and did a few more sketches. which i'll make some proofs up of next week..... Oh and I finally found a printers based in Manchester....

INSPIRATION

The art of living, is to see beauty in all things







...... yes even laundry bags

Ali Baba

Have you been on it??? it is supposed to "makes it easy for millions of buyers and suppliers around the world to do business online through three marketplaces" errr make it easy,,,, it’s a mine field and my phone has not stop ringing with calls from all over India and HK... and still I have no manufacturer for my scarves...

Sod it im ill, so back to the sketch pad.....

THE BIKES on canvas

lily

where am I?

Is the title and that is the question,,, I'm at the low point of everything, i write this blog only to remind me in a few weeks/months/years how much of a struggle it was. I'm at a block as writers call it, everything in my life is up side down and i want it to be settled. My only outlet is mY work but the connector in my brain wont switch on to allow my creativity to give me some well needed peace. Today Ill force myself to work,, ill be chocked up, ill have no feeling, ill be numb, in a weeks time ill have forgot i even created it, i wont know what to do with it or where it belongs and it will feel like no more than a doodle..... so what do i need??? i need calm, i need support, i need balance?? things i don't think Ill ever get or ever deserve... so i go back and doodle for the day.... tomorrow ill share my doodles with you...


Doooodling x