The easy way to wrap up my Tower Gallery artist residency would be to spend the last two days packing up and taking stock.
But why do ‘easy’ when there is a new thing still to try and work to reimagine?
Brought an envelope of ready-prepared paper (Thank you, Sue Nash from Tower Gallery), I made my first ever cyanotypes, experimenting with applied objects, cast shadow and overlaid drawing. In a breeze as it developed outdoors, my sketch of the building took on the feel of a Victorian plate camera photograph where something or someone has moved during its long exposure.
A large-scale drawing that I had disliked as soon as I’d made it has been cut up and turned into an abstract drawing, grounds for still life sketches (parting gifts for fellow residents Charlotte Bobeldijk and Mog Griffin) and sculpture material for artist Michael Nash in my workshop looking at interior and view.
It’s been a fitting finale for a project that’s been all about discovery, experimentation, creative reuse – and making the most of the chance to work in a big studio space.
Oh – and I have packed up and taken stock…
Last chance to see two drawings from my project in the Tower Gallery September Open, East Tower, Memorial Community Church, 395 Barking Rad, London E13. open Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th October 2026, 3pm – 7pm. Both of my drawings are for sale and there are bookmark postcards available of both pieces.
Contact me if you’d like to see the narrated slideshow of my talk about the design and crafts in the building, or to enquire about sales of pieces from the project.
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