Today the Unit 9 gallery at there South Square Centre changes its name. From now on we will be known as The Gallery Upstairs. When the Centre first began to operate, the various elements in it continued to be known by the numbers of the retail units in the building. The area which became the … Read more
The past year has been unlike any other when it comes to the number of exhibitions in which my work has appeared. The down-side of that, of course, was the enormous amount of work these entailed, with the selection of work, preparation for the event, transport, hanging, publicity, and sometimes also invigilation. The often unrecognised … Read more
A good part of the past couple of days has been passed in selecting materials for my forthcoming exhibition at the South Square Centre. The theme under which this is advertised is Conversations with Trees, and as you might guess, it deals with the varied aspects of my relationship as an artist with trees. I … Read more
The Unit 9 group of artists met last night for one of our periodic get-togethers, at the South Square Centre. A major item of business was the determination of our programme for the coming months. One of the things we are planning is a re-run of an exercise we have done before which produced interesting … Read more
I took early retirement from my former employment in 2001, in order to devote myself full-time to art. Very shortly after that I became involved in the South Square art centre, and participated in the activities of the Unit 9 group, based there, when it was founded a few years later. In short, I’ve been … Read more
I discovered today that the most important attribute of an artist must be tenacity. Finally I have managed to get off my application for participation in the forthcoming Take Time exhibition, in Ilkley. It is impossible to convey the rococo character of the application form and accompanying request for illustrations. For some totally inexplicable reason … Read more
I’ve just returned from a day of invigilating duties at the South Square Centre, in Bradford. There are two very interesting shows on at the moment. The larger of the two celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Centre, and examples of their work have been requested from artists who have exhibited in … Read more
Earlier this evening I took part in a rather special celebration at the South Square Centre. Three different occasions were being celebrated simultaneously. We began at 4.00 with a session devoted to remembering the work of one of our former colleagues, and the first Director of the Centre, Pete Lund, who dies last year. This … 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
A couple of days ago I mentioned my curiosity as to the reason why the history of Wales I am reading gave such a little space to the arts.* Reflecting on this matter since then I remembered a very good TV series on this subject, presented by Huw Stephens. I believe that this is still … Read more