On the 28th of September I flew from Oslo to Longyearbyen, the most northern city in the world. On that day the sun rose at 07:08 and set at 18.25. On the day we set sail on the beautiful Antigua, nautical dawn was at 03:29, the sun rose at 07:30 and set over the ocean … More TWILIGHT: SUN RISE, SUN SET, NAUTICAL, CIVIL, LIGHT AND DARK

THE COOL AIR AND VAST SPACE ARE CALLING THE MIGRATION IN REVERSE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW WHEN I FLY FROM CHONGQING TO OSLO AND THEN ONWARD TO LONGYEARBYEN BODY, MIND AND PAINTING MATERIALS FROM HIGH TO LOW TEMPERATURES CHINA TO SVALBARD (PART OF THE ARTIST IS ALREADY UP THERE… JUST HANGING OUT, WAITING FOR THE WHOLE … More REVERSE MIGRATION

Mentally, spiritually, physically (dreaming, painting, drawing, thinking, acquiring equipment/ materials/ -20C clothing), preparing to go to the most incredible place I have ever experienced on Earth so far (which will be the biggest contrast I can imagine to this land-locked Chinese city of 18 MILLION!) Preparing to journey to the place on the map The … More ARCTIC OPENING

  A tough re-integration into China life August in Chongqing; The heat is making me floppy, and causing  b o d y  rivers. Little energy to move and paint fluidly unless standing in the wind from the fan, The air is  h o t  . 3 wonderful weeks in The UK- Blissful amounts of love … More RETURN TO THE EAST

A special painting… Painted in a dream A deep turquoise sea in China?! (the sea is far when awake, but nearby in dreams) with swathes of pink and yellow furniture a home with vibrant creative walls… In the sea was a silver sun, floating, glowing and a huge red moon dancing on the surface of … More THE GIANT RED MOON AND THE SILVER SUN

The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architechture, The Mound, Edinburgh 4th of August- 9th of September 2018 https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/shelter-stone-the-artist-and-the-mountain/ “The door to the invisible must be made visible” Rene Daumal, Mount Analogue   Shelter Stone – The Artist and the Mountain is an exhibition that encompasses everything that we think of when we consider the relationship … More SHELTER STONE THE ARTIST AND THE MOUNTAIN

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1120352586/arctic-circle-autumn-2018-residency AMAZING TO HAVE REACHED MY KICKSTARTER TARGET THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED! I AM TOUCHED BY YOUR SUPPORT FOR AND BELIEF IN MY WORK! I WILL BE FLYING UP TO LONGYEARBYEN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO SPEND THREE WEEKS ABSORBING THE INCREDIBLE LANDSCAPE AND WITNESSING THE NATURAL TRANSITIONS WHICH … More 100% FUNDED. ARCTIC, HERE I COME!