THE SELF-ISOLATION RESIDENCY 20th DECEMBER 2020: DAY 266

The Athole House Studio
Self-Isolation Artist Residency
30th March 2020

Over my career I have taken part in many artist residencies in various parts of the world; I have even organised and run a residency program myself. 2020 has brought new challenges to us all, I however intend to treat these challenges as opportunities. With this in mind today, the first day of my self-isolation having arrived back from my studio in the Untied States last night, I I launch my new blog which will become an integral part of this website as I redesign is over the coming weeks.

Artist Residencies give artists the space and perhaps more importantly the time to make new work; I intend to treat my time in self-isolation in the same way that I would if I were on an artist residency in another studio in another part of the world. Athole House Studio maybe one of my home studios but for me it is a work space, and lets face it, we all now have the time.

THE SELF-ISOLATION RESIDENCY 20th DECEMBER 2020: DAY 266

12/20/2020

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"On my easel No 13:"Working title, 'Where'.

So I've been working on the forset triptych for some time and and on the whole I'm very happy with the way that it's progressing. However, mainly due to the thickness of the impasto, it is progressing rather slowly and so over the weekend I decided to start work on another piece on my second easel. This is a real contrast piece to the forest; the paint, although not quite washes is much thinner than the impasto of the forest. Also I am workingthis piece with brush whereas the forest is painted entirely with knife, the style ia actually quite a throw-back to paintings of my earlier career, although the palette is very different. . The sharp contrast of these two styles feels very appropriate to be being considered, side by side as I spend to much energy in reflection on my paintings.

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The Athole House Studio
Self-Isolation Artist Residency
30th March 2020