Theory

The private view is over. Yesterday we gave a talk about ‘Pattern Industry’ at the Slade School of Fine Art. The talk was in the Darwin Lecture theatre, built on a site in Gower Street where Darwin once lived. Matt has been filming this week, so I put together the presentation. He responded spontaneously to [...]

Getting tense

These are the last few days in which to prepare our show ‘Pattern Industry’. We are giving a talk to students at the Slade the day after the show opens. As we make amendments to the paintings, we discuss our practice and try to guess the sort of questions we might be asked. The talk [...]

Human recognition

Sandra is back at work alone. I have been painting in the studio next door. She sits cutting and laying her project with only the radio for company. Today she was able to watch the snow for entertainment. To abate my feelings of guilt, I imagine she finds the snow exotic and the lack of [...]