Author Archives: beckybendylegs

Dirty Practice Day Five – goodbye and thanks for all the pasta

Posted on 5 July 2019 by beckybendylegs

If I am honest, I struggled today, the last day of the symposium. I’m not used to travelling so much, five days a week, from home to Newport to Wolverhampton and back to Newport and home again. I usually visit … Continue reading →

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Dirty Practice Day Four – stop thinking and just draw

Posted on 4 July 2019 by beckybendylegs

Today’s schedule on the Dirty Practice Symposium was taken up with symposium-type stuff: talks, questions, discussion and a workshop. I didn’t have much time for painting (or any, in fact) or thinking about what I am doing. I did, however, … Continue reading →

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Dirty Practice Day Three – ‘Fear is the enemy of art.’

Posted on 3 July 2019 by beckybendylegs

The Dirty Practice Symposium today, for me, was all about painting. I love painting. I could paint all day if I didn’t have to earn money and look after children. So, on one level, today was my idea of heaven. … Continue reading →

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Dirty Practice Day Two – can you guess who owns the fez?

Posted on 2 July 2019 by beckybendylegs

Early this morning I arrived for Day Two of the Dirty Practice Symposium to find a nice collection of objects donated for me to paint (more came during the day). There are a number of interesting themes running through the … Continue reading →

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Dirty Practice Day One – is cleanliness really next to godliness?

Posted on 1 July 2019 by beckybendylegs

This week I am taking part in the annual University of Wolverhampton Dirty Practice Symposium. This is a week-long art practice, thinking, talking, discussing event which is open to students, artists and thinkers alike. This is the first time I … Continue reading →

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The pain of moving

Posted on 26 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

I found out yesterday that I would need to leave my studio and move to a new space by the end of this week. This news came to me as a shock. The area where my studio has been for … Continue reading →

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Do I return to the real?

Posted on 18 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’ve been feeling rather discombobulated recently about my current body of paintings. I’m really not sure about them. The question that has rumbling around in my head is: Am I trying to hard? I’ve been reading recently about the art … Continue reading →

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Does fame bring freedom or imprisonment?

Posted on 12 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

Yesterday afternoon I had a discussion with a friend of mine, and fellow MA art student, about the effect of fame on the freedom of creativity. We had just had a two-hour lecture / seminar on intellectual property and copyright … Continue reading →

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The power of the single punch

Posted on 11 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

The University of Wolverhampton School of Art Fine Art Undergraduate Degree Show has started. Another year has passed since the last one. Time passes quickly. Time is repetitive. Time is cyclical, but it is moving upwards and onwards, always. A new … Continue reading →

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The point when it is all starting to make sense

Posted on 9 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

On my studio wall is a phrase ‘objects that blend, objects that blur’. I wrote it months ago, not really understanding why. I wrote it one afternoon when I was stuck for ideas. It didn’t generate any. I wasn’t sure … Continue reading →

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