Battling Brook Primary Project et al.

At last the picture uploady thingy is working ! Here are just three pics of the Battling Brook Project. I was too busy to take any others but the organising teacher took some of me and all the children working in the playground and has said she will post me a c.d. containing the images so there may be more pics to come.

Imagine, just me and 400 children.........o.k. it was staggered but still........ and whats more they loved me. I am amazing with children ! This was a great day and I look forward to gaining more of this type of work as my business expands and takes hold. The pics are of me, of course (a primary aged child with a beard would be suspicious!) outside the school after the event. I was tired, back pain setting in (yes, Im a martyr for carrying on when in pain, I know) and the other pics are taken inside during a spare hour between the pavement art and choosing the winners. The teacher sent me four children to make a large group mural on paper as it was by now raining outside. We didnt get it finished but we had fun doing it !

There are other things in the pipeline but Im not saying anything until I have confirmation.

Last Sunday afternoon I met up with Maz and Clare ( and thousands of other still-at-uni people) at Bede Park, Leicester. Brought back memories. Had a great afternoon with them. Clare is off to Korea soon for a holiday from her work with special needs kids and Maz is looking forward to starting her PGCE at Liverpool having worked full time for an optician since graduating. It seems that, for most of the graduands of 2008 fine art at DMU things are now slowly but surely panning out. We must all look to the future.

Well, thats all for now.

Remember to Love all and hurt none; its the only religion you need.

.....SO THE BEAT GOES ON....

Well I was going to upload some pics of works Ive been using spraypaint on but, as usual, my computer wont play along with me so you will have to take my word for it. Quite successfull they are think I.........but then Im the worst judge of my own work. At Knighton Lane the building work has begun on the second floor...........putting one in that is ! So for the next couple of weeks it will be almost inpossible for those who, like me, have a studio space on the first floor. So much drilling, gouging, dust making, ladder climbing , etc., that all "stuff" is being moved to one end of the large room. I dont know what Im going to do without my sanctuary. Mentoring continues Monday evening at the super Knighton Centre. Wow. Went there for the first time last week and it was like being on the set of FAME ! just fantastic. If I knew then what I know now, and if I felt then what I feel now, this is where I would have gravitated to. A place full of talent,just fabulous. Im running a pavement art session on Friday at local primary school. 400 children over the day and pay that a graduand might expect.............at last! Of course its not the first and I do hope its not the last as the taxi just cannot sustain me any more. Less than minimum wage is no joke and is not what I signed up for at DMU. Maz wants to meet up and catch up on things next weekend and Im meeting up with Red very soon too. Is it really a whole year since we graduated? How time flies. Anyway, if anyone can suggest a way of getting my pics on this blog again please do tell me! Maybe I will see some of you at the degree show? If not, keep smiling and remember folks....................... Love all, hurt none: its the only religion you really need

HOLLYWOOD !!!

Last night I played my first minor role in a minor film ! Imagine that! Interesting experience and I had to be made up to make me appear older !! I like the fact the director thought I was too young looking, it makes a change from people saying "too old, too inexperienced". Illegal and unhelpful. I was told to see the character as a kind of Mr. Angry. I said I dont do angry as its a negative energy and unproductive. I dont know if I was good or average, but after the experience I think I would like to be involved in cinema. In my next life .............. Wearing the artist hat, I think I am now a director of Knighton Lane Artists Ltd, where building work has begun on installing a second floor and increasing the space. Im getting really good positive feelings about this group and believe my future heavily involves them and the studio space. Meeting up with old uni mates soon which Im really looking forward to. A chance to catch up face to face with people and share post uni experiences. I have had no work this week as I put my back out. So painful! was walking gingerly with two walking sticks for a while, but its now more tolerable and I intend to return to money making tomorrow (sunday). Well, not much else to tell. Just wonder if the film acting is the start or the end of that adventure! lol. Remember folks, love all and hurt none......................... and dont worry if you forget my birthday at the end of May as Im guilty of forgetting so many birthdays this year, something which will be rectified now Im feeling so much better, both physically and mentally. cheers !!! break a leg !!