01/07/25
O.C. - Not successful. Still…
03/07/25
LNAB
‘Here for Now’ ArtsForAll - Maria & Anna Horvathova.
Scott Benefield Trunk Show - Craft NI
‘Inner Space, Outside Place’ - Sarah McConnell / Jeffrey Roberts - Atypical
Shopwork = Vault Group Show.
‘The Ceremony of Falling’ Hana Abri Smith - Rattlebag.
Also, some revisits to Catalyst, Golden Thread and Belfast Exposed.
06/07/25
Studio Time. With two newly primed canvases - revisting some imagery that I feel had/has promise but faltered in a past iteration.
“The Woman with the Dogs” + “To Conjure”
The latter is adding a new image / element alongside the seance scene I tried to depict last year. The initial stages are always filled with such optimism and hope. Then I look at ‘Uniform Hate’ - so much I like about it, a lot more I don’t.
The two figures behind the central officer, they’re nearly the crux of it all. Carrying all the hate. The central figure is the calm in the storm.
…rearrange.
08/07/25
P - worth a look?
09/07/25
Get to grips.
10/07/25
12/07/25
‘Hew Locke - A Brush with…’.
Solid work on new pieces today.
17/07/25
Request sent. Fingers crossed.
Test run a time limit for work depending on size to reduce the risk of overpainting.
Whatever shape it is in by the final day is how it will be.
≤ 50 x 50 cm → 3 studio days
51–99 cm → 5 days
> 100 cm → 7 days
From there, I choose:
A: Leave it as-is after the final studio day (radical / reluctant acceptance)
or
B: Turn to the wall and let it rest for a month, then revisit briefly (cooling-off window)
18/07/25
“I’m coming, I’m coming,
and my head is bending low.
I hear the gentle voices calling,
Poor aul Joe.”
20/07/25
‘Uniform Hate’ finished. Not perfect, but much more I like now than not so that’s it.
