Take two

It has been a long time since I have contributed to my blog and I feel that I should get on top of sharing ideas and commentary about things and stuff, the kind that no one will ever read. haha. Anywho, I have realised that I can just spout on and not be too concerned about its effects (to a reasonable degree of course)

Well what have I been up to....

Since my last post a lot has happened, sadly not all good for the most part.
Firstly I want to attempt to unburden myself of a tragic occurence that happened just after my last post. My stepfather Mick was diagnosed with liver cancer on the 11th July 2009, by the time the doctor diagnosed him the cancer had already spread to the rest of his body. He died on the 29th July. Experiencing cancer was a harrowing experience and one that literally tears you apart. It is hard to describe in the form of writing and I have difficulty in conveying the feelings that cancer has on the family.
Mick was my father for more than 10 years, and his kind spirit, his strength, determination and jolly attitude pulled my family up from a very dark and hard situation from the day we first met him. He will always be in my heart, and his laughter, love and pure geordie good time attitude will forever until the end of my days resonate within me.

Rest in Peace Mick. Words cannot describe how much I love you. Hope you have a nice pint of Guinness waiting for me on you black and white cloud.

A Castle, A Geordie, A Gentleman

Back Home

Well I'm back home, with the vibrant greens, chilling winds, harsh accents and showering skys. While looking for a job (which is turning out to be a quest fit for Indiana Jones) I am trying to sketch and doodle different ideas for my direction next year, it gets complicated very easily though.With the stress of having no money, no social life and a constant threat of severe boredom, means that there is nothing concrete I have come up with. Someone suggested to me the other day to start drawing caricatures and sell them on the seafront in my town. I tried out a couple of quick undistiguished mark making and exaggerated forms, I didn't much care for them. It may evolve into a money making venture but at the moment I do not want to be the guy who sits on the pavement, obeying the commands of the general public to create 'An Art', not that I have anything against the demand and supply of art for the public, but being an artist that is available to all and not losing the artists integrity along the way is, to me, the essence of art.
Overall, I am planning on building up a Summer portfolio of work, possibly exhibiting it at the end of Summer before Uni starts again. Which means I am going to have to learn all the tricks of the trade. Selecting venues, cheap advertising, and creating some kind of interest and rappore with whomever may come.
Well, you gotta do something with your spare time i suppose.
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An end to a beginning, sadly

Ok, I have only just created the blog so it may take a while to get it up and running the way I want. Plus at the moment the academic year is coming to an end, so the late nights, copious amounts of coffee and screaming at sketchbooks will be picking its pace up. I will get round to it eventually, but I plan to post some of the interesting arguments, theories and the sheer amount of art and its never ending intricacies and confusion involved in it.
But for now it's time to buckle in for a scary rollercoaster of disappointment, excitment, fear, loss of sanity and overall panic as the term comes to an end.
Watch this space............