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 artists’ studios in Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol.  I have a portion of one of the mezzanine studios (pictured here), I just need to get some shelving, furniture and all my boxes of frames in and I’m sorted.  I’m really excited about this and hope it’ll give my practice an injection of energy it needs and help me move my career on to another level.

Just a quick update – I’m really enjoying being in the space, I’ve got shelves and furniture, so it’s down to work now!!

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 site and generate some interest in my own work.

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 Janine & Mick I spent some time capturing the other side of the castle – the quiet forgotten side.

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 before completion, in a state of flux which is how I like it.  The shot here was taken on the scaffolding looking down towards Dame Emily Park.

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 picture was taken in August at a disused airfield in Pembrokeshire – it ticked all the boxes for me, although this tyre sculpture or race track as some describe it did elude to recent human activity..

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 took a series of photographs in Norfolk around old air force buildings, hoping to capture some of the aura they obviously have. Some are good, some could be better – I need time to get to know the camera, but am happy with the first results.

This is the closest I come to figurative work!