Author: poodle

Photography

Posted by poodle on Jul 10, 2013 in Tools

My Canon Ixus 500 HS is an indispensable tool in my kit. It’s a new acquisition and designed for the hopeless amateur photographers like me. It’s a simple point and click digital camera and yields a very acceptable image, for my purposes. I use it to record visual snippets during days out of the studio which […]

Monumental Art

Posted by poodle on Jun 22, 2013 in Influences

I have long been intrigued by the notion that art doesn’t have to be large in scale to be monumental in feel and that small-scale objects or pictures can pack a hefty punch. Never to be forgotten was a small, compelling painting which I saw at the BP Portrait Award 2011. It was Tomas Georgeson’s […]

Artistic Influences

Posted by poodle on Jun 10, 2013 in Influences

The work of many different artists is inspirational at particular times, depending on what aspects of process, technique or subject I’m grappling with at the time. Here are a few recent favourites: W. Barnes-Graham, William Scott, Egon Schiele, Magritte, Howard Hodgkin, Juan Gris, Morandi, Richard Diebenkorn, Peter Kinsey, Patrick Caulfield, David Hockney, Titian, Carravaggio, Luis […]

CORK,MATCHSTICK,PAPER: INSTRUCTIONS TO A SMALL BOY

10th January 2021

These images are based not only on the views of participants in the Age In The Frame project, but the experience of meeting with them face-to-face, and hearing and recording their often poignant reflections. Old age is about remembering and often re-assessing the past. The participants were frank about their personal experiences and attitudes regarding […]

RISE AND SHINE

8th December 2020

THE LIABILITIES OF MEMORY I & II

2nd December 2020

PERENNIALS

19th November 2020

LANDSCAPES OF THE UNBIDDEN

9th November 2020

About the current project

My current project is a self-designed, socially-engaged art project, called 'Age in the Frame', which grew out of work I'd been doing on age and ageing in the studio, and has now been running for a fascinating 12 months. See details in News and Posts to hear the recorded views of some of the participants, and see some of the early experimental work exploring the subject. A series of more developed images are now emerging.

Working in paper

Paper is both fragile and robust; it allows for colouring, layers, accretions, excavation; it can be ephemeral or solid; stiff or sagging, it rustles, creaks, peels, tears; it’s enduring and ubiquitous; it can be demanding, frustrating, delightful and affirming. Not much different to the human spirit. And the introduction of spray-paint adds another dimension to its character. It couldn't be a more suitable medium for the series 'Age in the Frame'.

Deborah Ann