August 20th by dmdadmin
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I’ve just returned from a two week holiday in Turkey. Gokceovacik is near the town of Gocek on the Aegean coast of Turkey. It’s a beautiful location up in the mountains which thankfully was sligh...
July 23rd by dmdadmin
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I’ve recently traded my blackberry in for an iphone. For a number of reasons this makes sense: I use a mac so everything syncs up easily, I needed a new ipod, the iphone is GPS enabled which is great fo...
July 6th by dmdadmin
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An overhaul of my site is long overdue. I’ve spent the last month not only upgrading the Wordpress code and the theme, but cataloguing my work. The intention is to bring my my images and blog closer t...
June 8th by dmdadmin
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As part of this summers Bristol Festival of Photography (20 May – 9 June) I curated the open submission photography exhibition ‘crossing the threshold’ for Retro Collectables and Broadwalk...
February 9th by dmdadmin
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After years of thinking about it, wondering if I can afford or even deserve it I’ve just got the keys for a studio. It’s in the BV Studios which is a brand new development of purpose-built artist...
October 28th by dmdadmin
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I’ve just added my details to Saatchi online. He seems fairly successful in the art world! so I thought might as well take advantage of the huge amounts of online traffic that no-doubt surge through the...
September 27th by dmdadmin
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0k, so 2009 there’s a recession on with businesses folding left, right and centre. Just the right time to get into retail then? Well, that’s what I’ve done! For a few months I’ve ...
July 21st by dmdadmin
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I went to a fantastic wedding a few weeks ago at Banwell Castle in Somerset. More of a folly than a castle it was a beautiful atmospheric location. Aside from the obligatory wedding shots of our friends Jani...
March 12th by dmdadmin
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Having been involved in organising the South Bank Arts Trail for five years, I have been looking for a ways to develop new community arts based events. The big difference being that I’d like to retain ...
March 12th by dmdadmin
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I spent an hour or so in the Robinson building at the top of East St the other day. The old paper bag factory and one-time home for local artists is being turned into apartments. I managed to catch it befo...
February 12th by dmdadmin
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I had a great family holiday in Ontario, Canada over Christmas/New Year. As a photographer I was constantly frustrated by driving passed fantastic images, I wanted to capture everthing. Sadly I under-achie...
October 17th by dmdadmin
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I spent some time this summer creating a mediascape for the Sweet History? project. The project run by the Architecture Centre in Bristol aims to make information about the heritage built environment of Bris...
October 17th by dmdadmin
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My friend artist Tony Eastman has been collecting tiger related memorabilia for many years. He shares his passion for all things tiger with anyone interested in tigers; collecting; art or purely having a curi...
September 9th by dmdadmin
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I suppose in a month or so we’ll forget the lack of sun this summer? Actually I don’t really get on in the heat and like the slate grey skies, but I like to feel I’ve had a summer. This p...
July 23rd by dmdadmin
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Just had a really nice weekend in and around Whitsand Bay in Cornwall. The image here was taken on the farm we stayed on, providing a perfect location for my current work.
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June 17th by dmdadmin
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First trip out with a new camera (Canon 40d), bought after months of deliberation. I love buildings whose original purpose seems to have long since gone, and who have almost become part of the landscape. I t...
April 29th by dmdadmin
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In an effort to make this blog work I’ve imported some posts from my old blogger site and am going to try and post every week, mmm sounds a bit rash!
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November 29th by dmdadmin
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I’ve been so busy this summer with having a good time, and then starting doing some teaching at UWE that my website and blog have really suffered. Most of all I blame Facebook for this, as any spare momen...
June 15th by dmdadmin
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How to sell work over the Internet is a not easy. I’ve tried various options over the last couple of years, with very little success it must be said.
1. I used my site as an on-line image gallery, which l...
June 15th by dmdadmin
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Hewlett Packard have recently launched a new version of their Mediascape software and an accompanying website where the software and Mediascapes can be downloaded. Along with other artists myself and Paul Mat...
June 3rd by dmdadmin
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Last year as part of the Southbank-Bristol Arts trail we (the SBA) facilitated the collaborative ’shoebox project’, whereby SBA members/artists, friends and family and local school children were ask...
March 30th by dmdadmin
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Spring is almost here, and with the longer days and more light I’ve been taking shots containing a bit more colour. I like the dark atmospheric shots, but am pleased to have re-discovered a lighter side....
February 11th by dmdadmin
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Bristol stories is a collaboration between the Watershed and Bristol Museums to develop digital content for the new Museum of Bristol, due to open in 2009. Bristol Stories is based on the blueprint devised by...
December 28th by dmdadmin
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I’ve been taking more sea and skyscapes, where sea and sky almost become one. The shots are almost devoid of colour and display a dreamlike quality. I am particularly happy with these and feel at last th...
November 18th by dmdadmin
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I’ve been experimenting with landscape, particularly that almost devoid of colour. People have mentioned there is a echo of Gerhard Richter’s work in these photographs, so I’ve been doing a b...
November 16th by dmdadmin
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The Southbank Arts Trail now in its fourth year continues to be a very inclusive event attracting school children, professional artists and first timers in equal measure. The event celebrates the creativity in...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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‘imagined narratives #1‘ was shown as part of this years Southbank Arts Trail. It is an exploration in creating narrative from a set of seemingly un-related images.
Each person had their own idea of what...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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‘here nor there’ is a locative art walk inspired by the Situationist ‘dérive’ or randomly motivated walk. Essentially about walking and discovery the piece allows you to wander freely in the area b...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel funding was made available for various events to celebrate his life and work. Sculptor Tony Eastman and myself made a joint application to ...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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The Bristol Pack is a deck of cards with the face of each card, back and box all designed by one of 56 artists currently working in Bristol. The offer to create an image for the seven of diamonds led me to exp...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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The Avon Cut has one of the largest tidal variations in the country. The piece documents a section of the river at high and low tide over a period of 12 months. A years worth of tides also represented four ...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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The Avon Cut has one of the largest tidal variations in the country. The piece documents a section of the river at high and low tide over a period of 12 months. A years worth of tides also represented four ...
November 13th by dmdadmin
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An interactive work created in Macromedia Director. The piece explores the processes of construction and deconstruction of visual imagery, and the psychology of colour and sound. It allows the user to manipul...
October 30th by dmdadmin
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It’s been a great summer, but Autumn is here at last. I think it’s my favourite season, I love the slight chill in the air, the light and the leaves.
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June 20th by dmdadmin
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I must admit I’ve been a bit dismissive of camera phones since they appeared a few years ago. But since my last phone broke I find I’m the proud owner of one, and am actually finding it quite a lib...
June 20th by dmdadmin
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I can’t quite believe it, but after three years I’ve finished my MA in Interactive Media at UWE. I’m really pleased with my final piece, the locative art walk ‘here nor there’; it...
February 5th by dmdadmin
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The centre of Bristol is being re-built, well the shopping centre anyway. Most people’s first impression of arriving in the city by road is now of post war reconstruction! Tollgate House & Car Park ...
November 20th by dmdadmin
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BLAST was a performance by The World Famous pyrotechnicians to celebrate the end of Creative Bristol a Creative City.
It was a really cold foggy night in Millenium Square, which made it atmospheric even before...
October 15th by dmdadmin
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Luis Nobre – Random Border exhibit (Leigh Woods, Bristol)
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