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As we reach the first week in February, and that burst of energy of a new year - new you begins to fade, reality kicks in...routines become routine, familiar, old habits resurface and new ones fall by the wayside, the certainty wavers...  In the later months of last year, I felt driven to change direction, to pivot from Illustration work and to focus on creating original artwork, not figurative but abstract and intuitive. So with all the verve and vim, I looked to redesigning my website, redefining my brand, ( if I ever had one!). I set about creating new artwork, researching website design, re-reading the wonderful books by Fiona Humberstone, "How to Style Your Brand" and "Brand Brilliance", taking photographs and writing copy, full steam ahead...and then came that moment - the wobble! The one where you question everything you are doing, the little voice that rents space in your head which asks have you really gone and lost the plot this time? So that's when I pressed the button - published! Website Live! Only time will tell if this was the right decision, but I'm trusting that it is...as New Old Blues sings, "I'm walking out slow" "trying not to look back", taking each step to see where it takes me... I hope you will follow along. If you have time please take a look at the website by pressing the button below and let me know what you think? On the Studio Playlist - If you'd like to hear the full song by New Old Blues...you can check it out here...it's easy listening and oh so full of soul.
Thanks as always for reading - see you next time.
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Are you thinking of what to buy the man in your life for Valentines Day, and coming up short? He's got the watch (didn't want to spend that much anyway!) the red socks are in the third drawer down already...so what gift can you get that keeps on giving? The gift that will bring a smile to their face, and remind them of you whenever they look at it! Have you ever considered the gift of Art? More specifically Original Art...  Not a poster, but an original piece with texture and imperfection, something created with feeling, with love! Sustainable, thoughtful, not throwaway culture, but long lasting...the start of something, a new romance, a collection maybe? Becoming a collector of Art isn't hard, start small, you don't have to spend a fortune, just choose pieces that you love and you think your partner will too... So with love in mind, on the Studio playlist this week, we're going back to the 80's with The Pointer Sisters and the song Slow Hand, have a listen here.
As always thank you for reading... At this time of year in January as everywhere gears up for Valentine's day it's all about feeling the love! If you read last weeks post you would have heard me talk about bringing my artwork back home, to doing something that I love, that feels like me... Whilst I don't want to make this all about me, I'm an introvert after all, I wanted to share a bit of context to the new change of direction, share with you one of the things that really makes my heart sing! That thing is Architecture! Whilst I love green spaces, buildings new or old, Brutalist, Modernist, you name it...shape, form, little details like how light falls on steps, I love it...there is something about it, that I just find so interesting and inspiring. It goes so much deeper than that too, more philosophical, but I'll save that for another day; For now I feel drawn to these places & spaces, which help to inform the work that I do, albeit in a very abstract way, such as the curves and colours of the buildings in the photographs I took on a visit to the City of Salford, Manchester, England, a little while ago.
On the Studio playlist this week I'm listening to Max McNown - here's one of my favourite's from his album it's called - Better Me For You - I thought the title was quite apt...Enjoy! Thanks as always for reading - see you next week. |
Hello!In this space which has no ceilings, walls or doors... I would like to invite you in, and share with you some of my work and a few things of interest which help to inspire my work including music to the places and spaces we call home...
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