Glaciers in all directions Composite sheets and a thick long roll Waiting for large boards to arrive- halted progress due to Chinese rain Finally found the thick gloop- white oil based gloss Glaciers and sky space becomes slippery smooth and shiny with the lushush buttery gloss + pigment mix Yellow rice paper, Cerulean Blue + … More CHINESE GLOSS ARCTIC ICE
AN ARCTIC ARRIVAL IN CHINA A BODY IN A BUBBLE LUCID AND FLOATING HELD BY GRAVITY, UNLESS DRIFTING UP TO JOIN THE OTHER BITS OF THE BEING- HEAD SPLATTERED SOMEWHERE IN THE SKY SPIRIT, CONTINUING TO DANCE WITH THE POLAR BEARS, CAPTURED FOREVER BY THE ARCTIC ENERGY NEVER THE SAME. I MUST HAVE LANDED ON … More Unpacking the Arctic landscape in China
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
