For more images and information about the work, click here. This series of 14 artworks was shown at the Bible and Spirituality Symposium, held at Glenfall House, Cheltenham (29th – 31st May, organised by University of Gloucestershire and Bible Society). Part of my PhD in visual theology, these photographic prints and photo-based installations explore the […]
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As published in the current issue of Art & Christianity (No.70, Summer 2012, p.16): Bristol City Council has recently commissioned two contemporary art works for St Bede’s Catholic College and St Bernadette’s Catholic Secondary School. Respectively, Transpire by Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva and Intersection by Michael Pinsky (both 2011), have transformed two public spaces where the footfall
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A fabulous evening last night at the opening preview of my show The Colour of Landscape with Walter Dirks at the Glass Room, Colston Hall. Followed swiftly by a look-in at the Grant Bradley Gallery’s RGB Finalists Show, where my Dicing with 6 Days of Uncreation had been shortlisted for Best Set of Images from
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We’re now three days in to my exhibition at St Stephen’s Church, Bristol. I blogged the press release two weeks ago, but here I’d like to share a bit more about the two lenticular prints which are the highlight of the show. You have to see them! (Church opening hours are Monday – Friday, &
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The above image has been selected for an exhibition of Lomo photography, at the Grain Barge, 16th May – 2nd June. Also called lomography, pictures taken with Lomo cameras delight in the quirks of film-based photography, especially when accentuated by multiple lenses, colour flash-fills, fish-eye and many other effects. The photo here was taken with
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My show Elemental: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water opens in just over a week’s time at St Stephen’s Church, Bristol. From the press release: Elemental is an exhibition of photography and photo-based installations exploring the imagery of the elements, as seen through Christian spirituality and biblical symbolism. Both cafe walls (Dennis Anthony) and church space
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Today, Maundy Thursday, is the day in the Christian calendar which prepares for its biggest celebration at Easter. The story of the passion, Jesus’ final hours culminating in his death and resurrection, is one that I re-told in my series The Passion – 12 stations originally produced for exhibition in Bristol Cathedral in 2006. This
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My opinion of Hockney’s work was polarized by this RA exhibition. The garish painting, the ipad drawings and the canvas-stacking overload of much of this show had gone day-glo, overblown. The film and the photographic collages, however, were like fresh air breathing through so much stuck paint. Space and time were lifted, expanded, filled and
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Work can be so confusing. I can spend hours trying to pin down, pull out, work through, and emerge frustrated from one particular focus, only to find that another piece resolves itself in the space of a couple of minutes when I wasn’t even looking. This piece was originally a greyed-out dud of a firework
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No time to reflect today, but my photography attempt out this morning to catch the high tide of the year was thwarted. Found a piece of driftwood instead. Happy.
Found after high tide today! Read More »
