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Coming to Light

17/9/2024

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Living as an artist I have come to realise that making art is a way of life and everything revolves around my 'job'. It has changed the way I see and think. I used to believe I had 'hobbies', but even these feed into my creativity. My garden, my walks, my sewing, my reading....

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Surrender to the Rhythms

10/1/2024

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 SOLO SHOW

Muse Gallery, 269 Portobello Road, London W11 1LR

30 November to 23 December 2023

I am excited to share with you a glimpse of my solo show in London. I'm well aware that a trip to the big smoke is not always an option and I'm so thrilled with the show that I wanted to give you a flavour of how the Countryside came to the City. 

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A Year Outside!

15/10/2023

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​Too wet, too cold, too windy, too sunny. Too far, too high, too low, too quick … please stay still for just a moment!

I never expected it to be easy. It’s like learning a whole new language: how you sit, how you hold the tools, which tools? How can you bring everything and still have the stamina to draw?

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Surrender to the Rhythms

25/5/2023

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​Fragile memory
A fleeting moment captured
Ephemeral touch

from: Surrender to the Rhythms
Mixed media, natural materials, time

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#flightpathcommunityproject wins national drawing prize

24/1/2023

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I am so so excited to announce that the #flightpathcommunityproject has won The Big Draw 2021 People's Choice Award. The Big Draw Festival that focused on "Make the Change"

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The Sketchbook Timecapsule Project

10/1/2023

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In January 2021 I wrote about my first sketchbook, now held at the Brooklyn Art Library. I touched briefly on the process of sketching, exploring and of letting go.

The Library has now moved to Florida and experienced a terrible fire during the move. Thankfully, most of the sketchbooks were rescued but a lot of equipment was lost.

The Timecapsule Project was set up to create a special set of books raising funds to help keep the Library on track.

​Here's my book:

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Rest, recuperate and grow

20/10/2022

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From my review in Pure Arts Group Journal :

Making time to reconnect and ground ourselves in the hectic world we live in is very important for many reasons, but it is essential if we are to protect our mental health, grow and develop and fulfil our dreams and aspirations.

​For artists, residencies, courses, programmes, professional development and mentoring are all critical aspects of this jigsaw.

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Acorns

19/9/2022

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This selection of acorns was collected late August along a short stretch of the Sussex Border Path which I had been walking almost daily to visit my mother in hospital. The half hour walk home was a time for reflection and reconnection with nature as the path wandered along orchard edges with many mature Oak standards. Read on for my thoughts and research during the drawing process

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In Residence - Clayhill Arts

4/7/2022

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The perfect place to spend #nationalinsectweek

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Join the FlightPath Community Project

7/6/2022

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UPDATE: Following the exhibition at  ACEarts Somerton in October 2022,  there are no plans to exhibit the collection at the present time. However you are still welcome to join in

More information below about the exhibition, the project and how instructions on how to take part are below

If you have a potential venue, this historical record gives an outline of the project potential - do get in touch!


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Are all Butterfly Equal?

30/3/2022

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Pieris rapae (Small White) butterfly specimen from an inherited collection box
I confess I was a little disappointed when I received my book "The Complete British Butterflies in Colour" 

I'm not sure I can fully explain why I didn't want to draw butterflies for this project. Too big, too showy or maybe just too pretty? 
I have plenty of butterfly specimen in my studio and they are lovely to draw. So maybe it was simply the reference to "colour"? Their lack of spiky or stingy bits or just that they are not controversial and I didn't feel there was a message to share?

But I'm getting ahead of myself here. Lets back track ...

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An Artist Residency - Brisons Veor

29/3/2022

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Cape Cornwall view out to sea at sunset
Originally scheduled for March 2020, through multiple Covid postponements, Felicity Flutter and I finally reached Brisons Veor on the 19th March 2022 in beautiful sunshine but strong gusty winds.

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The draw of Daddy Long Legs

23/1/2022

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I'm ever so slightly obsessed with Daddy Long Legs this month!

For 2022 I am expanding my explorations into "Pests". All too often "pest eradication" sites pop up when you try to find out more about many of the insects in our gardens and I am concerned that it is all too easy to be drawn into the chemical solutions presented before we can even be sure there is a problem to solve. My research into Wasps began with the realisation that Wasps were despised where Bees were accepted and yet they are such important creatures in the ecosystem. Now my sights are firmly settled on Cranefly: 

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Fifty Bees 5 - Bee 225 Halictus maculatus

5/1/2022

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The numbers don't tell the whole story.

I've been searching the internet to find out more about this solitary bee but the information seems limited. First recorded around the 1850s, apparently it has not been documented in Britain since 1930 so it is now presumed extinct here. 

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#flightpathcommunityproject

26/10/2021

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Information about the initial #flightpathcommunityproject exhibition taking place at Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks from 22-27 November 2021.

For further background information and how to take part, click the link at the foot of this post.
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GLIMPSE - solo show and residency

30/5/2021

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“My work focuses on drawing nature and exploring the properties of graphite, with an interest in gently educating people to look closer” ... Louisa Crispin

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Community Project - FlightPath

18/5/2021

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For several years now my work has focused on Nature Corridors.

​If you would like to "bee" involved in a Great Big Wildlife Corridor - read on for more information and a PROJECT UPDATE (280821)

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Open Press Project Print Exchange

27/4/2021

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I am delighted to have been selected for the Open Press Project print exchange pilot project. It involves printing an edition of 10 prints using the mini press I purchased through their Kickstarter website. 9 of the 7x7 prints will be exchanged with other participating artists and one will remain in the Open Press Project collection.

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More more than - the making of intrusion

17/4/2021

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Following the success of the SVAF More Than project, we decided to do it again: "More more than". The focus this time was: 'what it means to be finished' and I was sent 2 unfinished original prints by Chérie Lubbock in return for some uneditioned print experiments from my collection.

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Restriction

1/3/2021

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23 March - 6 April
Curated by Amanda Lynch in association with Correspondence Collective and Clayhill Arts
Initially drawn with explosive mark-making techniques on large sheets of paper, the cutting and folding process creates unexpected compositions, glimpses of textured surfaces that draw you in. As the piece grows it becomes a sculptural entity with endless possibilities for display.
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More Than - the making of comfort

5/2/2021

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The work in this on-line SVAF exhibition was completed between October 2020 and January 2021. It’s unusual premise was to make a new work from an unfinished piece donated by another artist. The idea was proposed by Franny Swann who made this work from a print of circles passed to her by Christina France.
​SVAF has always challenged my perception of art and I fully expected to be out of my comfort zone with this project but 2020 has left me keen to try new things. Signing up for a "blind date", I was intrigued to receive Canvas and Colour from Maria Turner - I suspect some mischief in the selection. Both are definitely new but I had been considering fabric as a substrate so this was the perfect chance to practice.
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Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project

23/1/2021

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"To see inside The Sketchbook Project, to really see it, is to see a one of a kind, unique archive. A glimpse into what people are thinking. What creative people have to say. A place like no other. A global institution".... Steven Peterman, Founder and Managing Director
The Sketchbook Project has been on my radar for many years and I was lucky to see a selection of books at the Other Art Fair in London. If you have been following me for a while you will realise that I am keen to continue to develop my drawing. Sometimes this takes me on a little sideloop but it always adds to my knowledge and experience.

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One of Many Postcard

13/1/2021

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​Not quite a postcard!

In 2019 I joined a Kickstarter Campaign to support the creation of a mini 3D press through the Open Press Project. Long story short, it finally arrived in October and I had a wonderful day in the studio printing a pile of mini bees from etching plates made years ago. Perfect timing to join in with the November edition of #oneofmanypostcard - an initiative organised by John Pedder on Instagram.

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Glimpse

30/9/2020

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In lieu of two postponed residencies this summer I gave myself permission to play with the graphite and created some artist books. This is a short video of the first.
Graphite is such a tactile material which needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. There are subtle nuances of colour and texture. The surface can be burnished to an almost mirror shine or applied gently as silk, a soft smoky sheen. Hidden marks create layers, a history, and trick the eye with connections to real objects, ancient landscapes or city skylines. Replicating the ripples of a tossed stone, the jagged edge of broken glass, trees whispering in the forest - listen : follow with your eyes and you will hear sounds and feel my world.

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Three Contrasts

17/7/2020

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For further information and a printed catalog (£15) link here to John Davies Gallery
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Louisa Crispin

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