Tag Archives: drawing

Exhibition: The Old and the New

I was fortunate to have an opportunity to show work alongside Dorothy Ramsay and Andrea Kershaw in the centre of Penrith at Gallery 4a over the Easter holidays 2023. As local newspaper, the News and Star reported, we were coming together as “three talented artists, each of whom brings their own distinct style and approachContinue reading “Exhibition: The Old and the New”

Fruitful Exhibition, and beyond

When Florence Arts put out an open call for work made in response to the prompt “Fruitful,” I recalled a quote I’d heard that described quantum mechanics as the most fruitful science we’ve had in the last hundred or so years. I forget where I heard it, but it came into my head anyway. MyContinue reading “Fruitful Exhibition, and beyond”

Fragile Power

A recent series of collaborations culminated in four works shown at a group exhibition at the Florence Arts Centre running from 6th November to 19th December. Exhibition RE:FORM. An exhibition by Art Crit North Cumbria. Florence Arts Centre: 6th November – 18th December 2021. RE:FORM is a collaborative project which asked artists to make aContinue reading “Fragile Power”

The Imperfect Robot

I’ve been researching Harold Cohen’s work recently. He was an acclaimed “traditional” painter until discovering computers when he changed track to pursue work made with a floor-roaming, pen-wielding wheeled robot controlled by his AARON software, which seems like his investigation into the mechanics of painting. He made work in this way from the 1960s toContinue reading “The Imperfect Robot”