01/06/25
02/06/25
The beginning of a wasp’s nest
(stopping earlier in the painting process) <- …lost count of how many times I’ve written that down, it’s how you would go about implementing it and making it a set part of the creative routine.
04/06/25
Possibly connected but bar the commission, I haven’t finished any work this year
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Correction, ‘Gathered’ was finished in January. Have started five paintings since then - none gone to point of completion.
05/06/25
Late NIght Art:
Adam McIlwaine
Aiden Brady
Aida Muluneh
Shauna Fox
Tracy McCoey
Cathy Scullion
Davy Holden
Seán Ward’s Co-Director Show
QUB Architecture
Craig Jefferson
Engine Room Gallery
08/06/25
“The Weight of Inheritance” finished. Is it a confidence thing? Having the balls to say ‘right - that’s it. What’s next’.
10/06/25
Lovely letter of acceptance. Delighted!
12/06/25
“Art Worlds” - Howard S. Becker
Individual / Collaborative = two sides of the same coin.
15/06/25
Objects of desire. Portraits merged with object of significance / insignificance.
Doodle too on the nose but I get the drift.
19/06/25
Right - switch off from job. Reset to home / studio.
Hard to do. With two solo shows coming up, a way has to be found. To the studio this weekend.
‘Uniform Hate’ notes / ideas - I like the ambiguity on the face of the police officer (top half in shadow). Perhaps refining or adding more details to the lower section of the face (subtle highlights on the cheeks and jawline.
Background: Too many colours and flat. Needs pushed back / darkened.
Colour Control
A transparent wash of colour - payne’s grey or a dark, cool blue/violet. Unifying and limiting the colours down.
22/06/25
“The people come through the paper and into your heart.”
Lubaina Himid on Claudette Johnson
“A Brush with… Lubaina Himid”
A rough night on the longest day.
“I am trying to make unresolved paintings because everything in life is unresolved”
Lubaina Himid
A day for clearing the palette, stretching new canvases and putting the first layrt of primer down.
24/06/25
“Beyond the Gaze: Shared Perspectives” by Sophie Calle in Golden Thread.
Powerful showcase of a diverse practice. “Voir la Mer” intimacy and human emotion at experiencing the sea for the first time. “L’Hôtel” - fictive narratives from a forensic-like examination of hotel rooms - sometimes funny, always voyeuristic.
Recommend.
25/06/25
Dublin Gallery Visits
