All Good Things...

...Must come to an End. If you didn't know already, my exhibition: "Love. A Condition of Absolute Value" (hence the picture I've added to this post) ends tomorrow, so if you haven't seen it, you have less than 24 hours to get down to ModMod on High Street, Columbus. It's been a long and at times, hard process, and I've learnt so much from the whole thing. For my first show, I must say, I'm very pleased. I can't wait to get my "Comments book" back and post some of them on here, there are some absolute classic...and of course, Jenny's epic comment, bless her. I'm off to WashingtonDC this weekend, so when I get back I'll enlighten you all.

In theatre news, this week I've heard that AvenueQ is to close in the next few weeks, sad news. I don't know what's up with the West End this year, but everything seems to be closing, or reducing it's runs. It looks like Hairspray is still going strong though, but who knows if the 'economic crisis' will take it as it's next victim. A strange rumour I heard this week also, is that Zac Efron is to take over from Daniel Radcliffe in Equus on Broadway...not sure I can see Disney letting THAT happen!

A Process...

A lot of people have been asking me, how do I go about creating a piece of art? It's a hard thing to explain, as I just do it, instinctively. To try and explain, here are some photo's detailing the progress of a commission I painted this summer (the process starts at the top, left to the right, then the bottom, left to right:

I hope you can see the differences between each picture. I start with a sketch then build. The hardest part is knowing where to stop.

If you want to see any more of my commissions, click here

Or, if you interested in having a chat about something I could paint for you, feel free to email me.

(or to see any of the other stuff I'm up to online, you can do so here)

An inspiring lady...

I'm not going to make a habit of posting things here that deviate from theatre or my art, but I just wanted to share this with you. It's an old(ish) blog from the UK artist Imogen Heap. In it, she talks about what she has been doing for her forthcoming album and how she has been experimenting with unusual sounds to fit in with some of her tracks. I find her process of creativity both highly interesting and very inspiring. A true artist. Hope you like it.

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Feeling Inspired...

This week I got free tickets to see Broadway production of "Frost/Nixon" (that started at the Donmar, in London), very good it was too, it felt very appropriate too as election fever is sweeping America right now. It was also the finale of Project Runway last night.

These two things have got my creative juices flowing again and I'm feeling ready for another exhibition. If you haven't had chance to check out my work in Columbus yet, there's not long left until the show ends, so go go go! I still have lots more travelling in store before I go back to the UK...tomorrow I'm off to Mickey and friends at DisneyWorld...I've never been to a Disney Park, so I'm very excited. We're spending all day Saturday in Animal Kingdom, so we may even bump into the Lion King, who knows.

I'm currently in the process of setting up an online store, where you can buy prints of my art and other lovely fangdangled things...but I'll post links on here as soon as I'm done :)

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Jenny...

So, I had my 2nd Gallery Hop show last Saturday, and I'm happy to report that it went very well. It's funny having the work on display, that you've spent weeks and week putting together. The feeling of vulnerability is immense. What will people think? I was pretty gobsmacked to have people coming up to me and thanking me for my creativity, an amazing feeling, let me tell you!


Since my last show, I had a rather extensive comment left for me, from a lady called Jenny. When most people leave me a message in my comments book, it's usually a short and succinct statement...Jenny's comment went on for 6 pages! She liked my overall concept, being about love, and well, she had a lot to say. She signed her name along with a symbol she has a tattoe, it was like a mix of a heart and a peace sign. So, I added in a new piece to the show. I thought the black and white reflected nicely the ink on paper reference. Good ole Jenny, eh?

Rent Remixed: A year ago today...

Wow - a year ago today, we had our first preview for the hotly anticipated 'Rent Remixed', directed by the wonderful William Baker. It feels like so long ago now. I'm in Ohio right now, and the weather has suddenly dropped, so I needed my jacket to go out...I reached into the pocket and what do I find...Mimi's handkerchief (that was never actually used in the show, in the end), very strange, as I wonder what it's doing there, I realise...we opened to the public a year ago today...weird huh?

For those that didn't know, I worked behind the scenes. In rehearsals, I was a production assistant. I also interviewed the cast and made videos for myspace and facebook etc. Then in the run, I operated and programmed a dot matrix system (never thought I would be doing that!). To be honest, the only thing that kept me in the job was the fact that the whole team and cast were bloody lovely people, especially the creatives and the DSM extraordinaire, Jakki. Did I like the show? Yes...Do I miss the show? Not so much...Do I miss the people? Hell yeah!

For more information on the show, go here: Rent Remixed

Good News! My Exhibition has been extended...

For those that didn't know, I have had my art on display for the past month, in Columbus, Ohio. After a brief meeting with the gallery owner this week, I was invited to stay in the gallery for another month. I hope to get the portfolio online over the next few weeks, so stay tuned. In the meantime, here is a sneeky peek. This piece is called 'Every Heartbeat', and is from the 'A Condition of Absolute Value' collection.

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