Tag: artist
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Sitting
My son finds sitting for me hard and being in my painting room frustrating He says, ‘What is the point of all this? All these pictures, if they’re just going to sit here?’ I try to reassure him Its ok, I enjoy it The point is to try to see better They might go somewhere He wants a fiver for sitting for me For him now things are…
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A way in?
If you choose a group of photographs that have this feeling of ‘punctum’ then I think the only way to prevent the paintings becoming illustrations of the photographs is to remove them from view. Then it becomes almost like a memory game. What forms will remain impressed on your memory and make their way into…
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Sunday afternoon
Transcribed from my writing above: Tackled 3 loads of washing, 2 wet, 1 dry, folded and put away, Eden waited by the bed, while I walked from draws to wardrobes, the boys built a fort slide in their bedroom, I cleaned mold off the bathroom tiles, then I jumped with them, on the mess of…
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Research…Something Otherworldly?
‘Yesterday I got another rejection from an Open Call, and this time it stung. I have had so many rejections this year I’ve lost count. Working, working, and then submitting to Open Call’s and getting the notification, the ‘unfortunately’ response. But how else to show the work, other than the merry-go-round of Instagram? Family life is demanding, and I must admit I’m tired. I need to feel excitement outside of this process of submitting and posting. …
NIKKI FOSTER 