Capturing the Moment: A Journey Through Painting & Photography
Some of my thoughts and favourite works from the Tate Modern's latest exhibition.
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- Jun 11, 2023
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- Jun 11, 2023
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Art inspired by the staircase at Peckham Rye station
I went to the Sarah Sze installation at Peckham Rye station. I really enjoyed the art work but I also loved the staircase leading up to...
- Jun 7, 2023
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- Jun 7, 2023
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- Jun 6, 2023
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Text works on Cultural Criticism and Brexit (WORK IN PROGRESS)
I was looking through some rough video footage that I had from 2016. The sound is terrible so it's not really useful as is. But I...
- Nov 6, 2022
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- Oct 17, 2022
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Sainsburys Blackpool and Vector Brushes
I took this photo about 5 years ago and I started a drawing of it on an old iPad. I was using the app 'Brushes' at that point. I never...
- Sep 2, 2022
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Procrastination and my creative output
On 9 December 2021 I committed to post regularly on all activities in relation to my art work. It’s almost 9 months since I made this...
- Aug 12, 2022
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I am pigeon!
Over the past 5 years, some of you who know me will have heard me talking about my pigeon project. In 2017 I was living in a flat where...
- Jun 4, 2022
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Ipad drawings of signals and railway tracks
I absolutely love the negative spaces created by the overhead signals and the railway tracks. I find it so satisfying to draw each space...
- May 29, 2022
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Port Drawing
As described in a previous post, I have been developing some ideas for an art project around freeports. I will be posting more on this...
- Apr 24, 2022
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Co-ordinated bookshelf
I love drawing on the iPad, particularly complicated repetitive things. It's very meditative. Once I had finished the drawing I thought...
- Apr 12, 2022
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Cover Story (Crime & Punishment)
This is the next stage in the process of a new work relating to Crime & Punishment (see original post here). I've now added the main...
- Apr 9, 2022
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преступление и наказание (Crime, Crime, Crime, and, and, and, Punishment, Punishment, Punishment)
My friend Joe, the writer, has started writing a piece based on Dostoyevsky's Crime & Punishment. He's been working with multiple...
- Mar 7, 2022
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Exploring my drawing styles with Roman Abramovich
I read a long newspaper article this morning about the links between Vladimir Putin and Roman Abramovich. There's a lot that I'm...
- Feb 12, 2022
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I know why the caged tree (2021)
This mixed media sculpture contrasts the human made with the natural. I've been reading the excellent "The Hidden Life of Trees - What...
- Jan 8, 2022
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- Dec 31, 2021
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Last drawing practice of 2021
I often see things in newspapers or magazines that I want to draw. Today, two unrelated images caught my eye and I used them as an...
- Dec 23, 2021
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Inspired by freeports
For my consulting work I did some research into the new UK freeports that have been authorised by the UK Government. The Government’s...
Cliff Stevenson
Consultant, Economist, Artist, Mentor
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