There will be a break in transmission after tonight until Thursday or Friday. The reason is that I will be travelling down to Worcester tomorrow in order to hang my Green Man series in the Cathedral there. We will be making something of a holiday about it, calling in to have lunch with a former … Read more
Tomorrow morning we will be heading off early to Lincoln. I will be removing my exhibition on Monday from the Cathedral and returning home. On Saturday the plan is to meet my step-son and his wife and watch a performance of the Mystery Plays together. In the intervals I will have the opportunity to loiter … Read more
We drove over to Lincoln today in order to install my exhibition in the Chapter House, at the Cathedral.* I had been rather concerned previously that my material would just disappear in such a large space, but in the event it looks fairly good. It was necessary to be quite inventive with respect to hanging … Read more
We will be driving over very early tomorrow morning to Lincoln, in order to set up my exhibition in the Chapter House. The exhibition (entitled The Green Man: contemporary Christian responses to an ancient image) brings together fifteen pieces on which I’ve been working during the past year. I am very curious as to what … Read more
This week has been a bit of a shock to the system in at least one respect. As I pursued the preparation for the opening of my exhibition in Lincoln Cathedral on Monday, the process was held up by the absence of a crucial piece of information. I have been going crazy as my emails … Read more
After the excitement of the last week or so, generated by both my momentous birthday and the climbing trip, I’m now emerging into something like normality. The physical stiffness I ought to have expected from my day in Derbyshire, is wearing off and I’m trying to take stock of what needs to be done. Not … Read more
We drove over to Lincoln today, to visit the Cathedral, where I am too present an exhibition of my work in July. The staff were very welcoming, and it is great to have the event in mind as a concrete planning objective now instead of just a notional date on a calendar. I have to … Read more
We are all familiar with the old metaphor about the time and distance it takes in order to alter the course of an oil tanker. It had never occurred to me that it might one day be applied to me! Right now, however, I’m becoming aware of its aptness to my situation. Having revved up … Read more
The news does seem to have been rather dire for some time now, at a world level and nationally. Things have been a bit flat at the personal level too. I’ve been sending off requests for exhibitions at a fair rate, taking advantage of the fact that I haven’t got an active art project on … Read more