Residencies

Residencies are probably my absolute favourite way to create an artwork. The act of listening, watching, creating and discussing completed images in real time with people present thrills me and inspires me. My brain fires on all sorts of levels, touching me with theology, social justice and creativity. I simply adore it.

What happens is that I am asked to do a commission from an organisation or a group of people. I’m told what the event is and asked if I can attend to engage, to create and to reflect back to the group gathered. It may be a conference or workshop, a transition moment; and could be large or huge or small. I’ve worked for days over a United Reformed General Assembly or Synod meeting, or for a few hours at a workshop, or for a year or so over a transition time for a church union. I arrive on site (physical or digital), and I set out my materials. I may work at a table at the back of a room, or from an ad-hoc painting studio in a large open area, or at my huge studio computer with my digital art program. As I set out my supplies, I watch and listen. The images begin to arrive and I catch them as I can. At each pause point, usually the end of a session or a break in the day, I try to take a photo of each point. The event finally concludes, and I stop. Of course I know when the event is supposed to stop, so I try to time what I’m doing with when I know I need to finish. This helps me know how to use my paper, canvas or digital art board and how much I may be able to fit in. But I finish then and there. Taking it away for another day removes what inspired me and I just can’t do it.

This is the core of my residency work; intuiting what the group of people is saying and meaning, watching people move and relate to each other, seeing the relationships they build with others, checking my interpretation with them, then making the committed artwork. I love it.

I hope you enjoy seeing the results on these pages. If you want to ask me to come along and do this for you, please ask. The internet makes the world very small and who knows, a physical trip to you may be just what we both need.

 

The Church at Carrs Lane: Tabernacle

2013

 

URC General Assembly:
Living Water

2012

 
 

Please contact me if you would like prints. The following formats are available. All prints on paper are sold on ivory mounting board. Frames may be ordered. Prints on canvas are stretched on wood.

Art Prints: Art Prints are created with laser printers onto quality wood pulp art paper.

Gallery Poster: Gallery Poster is a typical art gallery format with laser printer on poster paper, supplied rolled in a tube.

Giclee Prints: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto quality cotton rag paper. They’re known for their vibrant colours, fine details, and archival quality. The term "giclee" comes from the French word meaning "to spray," referring to the precise inkjet spraying process used in their production. They’re guaranteed to last at least 100 years (though no one’s been alive long enough since development to know…)

Embellished Giclee Prints: Embellished Giclee Prints are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-drawn elements to make each cotton paper print unique. The result is a print that combines the advantages of digital printing with a personal touch.

Giclee Prints on Canvas: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto artist canvas material. This gives the print a texture and appearance similar to a traditional painting on canvas so that they resemble original paintings.

Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas: Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-painted elements to make each print unique. Embellishments added on top of canvas give the print a more three-dimensional painterly effect.