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The Athole House Studio
Self-Isolation Artist Residency
30th March 2020 - 7th November 2021

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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 25th April 2020: Day 27

4/25/2020

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'Cauliflower soup'.

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So close and yet so far!

Yes it's nearly finished but there are just a few details that I need to either tighten up or add. Finishing a painting can be the most difficult thing for many artists, knowing exactly when a painting is finished and to leave it alone as opposed to keep tinkering with it indefinitely. Most of the time I don't suffer from this particular problem, I like to think that I am somewhat on the sparing side when it comes to painting and that I can judge just how much a painting needs and what would be too much. If anything I like to understate things.

I have always been able to make this kind of judgement of a painting, but I have wondered if to some extent it is connected to the way that I make sculpture and installation pieces. For me, especially in these kinds of 3D works, I tend to set myself very strict limitations as to what materials I use. I will not use anything 'extra' to the nature of the piece if it can be at all avoided. For me the limited range of materials that I use in a piece of work are very similar to the limited range of colours that I use in a painting; I want for every part of a piece that I create to say something important about the idea behind it, I certainly don't want for the finished piece to be weighed down by excess and unneeded baggage. At this point I am very tempted to insert an image of a  piece of my sculpture to illustrate my point, but I would prefer to save those kinds of things for my series of sculpture posts. So lets use an analogy here instead.

I know a chef who told me about making cauliflower soup. Whilst in the kitchen preparing it he was questioned about how much bacon, garlic and various other ingredients he intended to add as the kitchen juniors felt he hadn't got many ingredients that they themselves would have included in such a soup. He answered that he didn't intend to use any of the ingredients that they suggested. When the soup was ready all in the kitchen tasted it and remarked on how good it was; 'you can really taste the cauliflower' remarked the original junior. 'Exactly' replied my friend.

So yes, please feel free to think of my work as cauliflower soup, I'd take it as a great compliment!

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  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Americana
      • Mauve Skies
      • Scotland
      • Selected Drawing & Paintings,
      • The Teaching Years
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statement
    • cv & education
    • contact