Closing the Distance: Behind the Artwork

Closing the distance, 2020, has been a very meaningful artwork coming out of the lockdown and challenges of the past 12 months, and as this piece has been selected for another exhibition I wanted to give you a bit more insight into the artwork.

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Art critic Tabish Khan & the Inner Critic

This week has been a little bit tough. It is clear that lots of us have started to hear the voice of our ‘inner critic’ louder than ever. Here I share with you some tips from from art critic Tabish Khan and from psychologist Rick Hanson. What helps you to quieten the voices which try to bring you down?

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On Self Judgement - with art competition judge Daryl Goh

In this video you step inside my art studio to see the sketches and doodles about ‘guilt’, (a subtle emotion which has been creeping into our daily interactions as we emerge from isolation), some yoga demonstrations from my lockdown art-studio-assistants (aka cats), and hear a rare interview with professional art competition judge Daryl Goh about understanding objectivity and bias.

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How to survive the lockdown 2: What we surround ourselves with

In my search for creative ways to problem solve during this time, I decided to share with you the words from my own creative mentors and coaches who are helping me so much right now.

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How to Survive the Lockdown 1: Behind the scenes in the art studio

During this quiet time, I started to have chats with some of my art world mentors, and decided to do a series of mini interviews to share with you, finding those skills, ideas or useful quirks, which are transferable from the art world, to all humans right now in lockdown or in crisis.

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