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Up & Running - In more ways than one!
Today I have been helping set up the Wolverhampton Society of Artists Exhibition at Weston Park, Shropshire. It is on from today until 31...
Alan
Sep 29, 20231 min read


Reset V2.0
OK, so I went down to the studio last week, after weeks of inactivity and frustration, considering doing some exposure test times for two...
Alan
Aug 14, 20232 min read


Reset Required!
Hi again all. There seems to be a thread of mostly negative posts on here recently and this one is no exception I am afraid. Apart from...
Alan
May 4, 20232 min read


Yeah Right......
I know I know, I posted last in November, proclaiming that maybe I was back. I was wrong! Depression and low mood struck, took away all...
Alan
Feb 20, 20231 min read


Getting back on the horse (or...hope springs eternal!)
I have spent the last couple of months working with an awesome gum printer in Poland (thank you Marek), who connected with me through one...
Alan
Nov 14, 20221 min read


Poartry 2022 Is Open
Last night saw the Launch of Poartry 2022, the latest iteration of the Poartry idea, curated and organised by Rick Sanders & Simon...
Alan
Oct 16, 20221 min read


Latest News
Its been a while, as usual.... I have just finished a lovely weekend exhibiting at Newhampton Arts Centre as part of Wolverhampton...
Alan
Oct 11, 20221 min read


New Work Added To The Gallery!
I wasnt able to put all of my new work on the last blog posts for Leamington, but I have added the latest images to my Historic Processes...
Alan
Aug 18, 20221 min read


Pain & Pleasure!
What a weekend that was, at the fabulous Art In The Park Leamington Spa, a beautiful town with lovely leafy parks and streets....
Alan
Aug 15, 20222 min read


Heatstroke In The Park is here!
I might be exaggerating, but 2 days this weekend 10-6 outdoors and 30+ degrees and full sunshine forecast is going to make this a tiring...
Alan
Aug 10, 20221 min read


Busy busy busy!
It is nearly time again for Art in The Park in Leamington, which I am attending again, again sharing a stand with Lindsay Pritchard, an...
Alan
Jul 28, 20221 min read


A portrait & persistence
So many reasons why I haven't been able to focus on artwork this year, and when I have had time, the mojo hasn't been there. Before...
Alan
Jul 5, 20221 min read


Here's an interesting one.
This image came courtesy of a friend, who scanned it in from a slide he took in the 1970's I believe. It shows his car, parked at a...
Alan
Apr 27, 20221 min read


Worst Gum print Ever? - Version 2
Here is the darker one I created, just as 'imperfect' as the last one, maybe a bit darker, maybe a bit moodier? What do you think?
Alan
Apr 27, 20221 min read


Worst Gum Print Ever??
I spent some time playing with an image I took in Las Ramblas Barcelona, making it quite blurry and indistinct. This is not a great...
Alan
Apr 27, 20221 min read


I'm off to Himley Hall
My exhibition is now up and running at Himley Hall. The painting on the post below is not mine, but details of the exhibition are...
Alan
Mar 31, 20221 min read
Exhibition News
Great news, even though I have to seriously get my butt into gear, is that I have been offered some of the cafe space at Himley Hall...
Alan
Mar 8, 20221 min read


Last New Piece for now.
This one is a straightforward three colour gum print made from an image I took down a side street in Barcelona, where the sunlight is...
Alan
Mar 8, 20221 min read


Third one!
I heavily manipulated this image, and it started out as a try-colour gum bichromate, but got quite muddy quickly, so I have left that one...
Alan
Mar 8, 20221 min read


Second New Piece
This one again started as a cyanotype, which was toned using Yerba Mate tea, very exotic sounding I know! I have added a grey gum layer,...
Alan
Mar 8, 20221 min read
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