How to Analyse Artwork: A Step by Step Guide

This is a step by step guide to help you analyse visual artwork. Analysing art is a rewarding activity and a tried and tested way to help you develop as a visual artist...

What is a Cabinet of Curiosities?

An introduction to cabinets of curiosities, what they contained, what their purposes were and why they fell out of fashion in the late 18th Century.

The Far Away: Exploring Abandoned Virtual Environments

The Far Away, DreamWorld North was one of the first places I stumbled upon when I returned to Second Life in 2021 to explore abandoned places, isolated landscapes, the old and decaying and forgotten corners of virtual worlds as part of a cyber-landscape art project I’d been thinking about...

Ship of the Gods: a ghostly and immersive installation by Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer

When you keep revisiting your experience and YouTube video of an installation you experienced 3 years ago, as part of Hull's 2018 Freedom Festival, it has to be special and the 'Ship of the Gods' by Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer was just that.

‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’ Exhibition 2021

I visited the ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’ exhibition at the weekend at Treasure House in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Here are some of the exhibits...

Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes

Gertrude Hermes is regarded as one of the most highly acclaimed British printmakers of her generation but her non-existent desire for fame and the ‘fickle nature of the art world’ meant she had faded into obscurity up until recently. I only discovered Gertrude Hermes' work by chance in 2017. I've put together a collection of… Continue reading Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes

Black and White Photographs of Mousoleums in Cemitério de Agramonte

I accidently stumbled across Cemitério de Agramonte in Porto where I took photographs of the architecture, monuments, mausoleums and plants, creating black and white photographs, some with colour accents