Author Archives: beckybendylegs

Mixing art with dignitaries

Posted on 9 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

Friday 7 June was the opening of the annual undergraduate degree show at the Wolverhampton School of Art. This is now the fifth year in a row I have attended the opening, the 50th degree show at the George Wallis … Continue reading →

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Can you speak paint?

Posted on 4 June 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’ve been doing a lot of painting recently. Despite lots of dipping into video, animation, photography and poster making over the last seven years (since I started this art journey), I always seem to bounce back to drawing and painting … Continue reading →

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Those pesky shadows – we must praise them

Posted on 29 May 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’ve had many thoughts about shadows, and I have written my thoughts about shadows here recently. I’ve been thinking about shadows again today as I’ve just finished reading a tiny, yet huge (in terms of impact), book about shadows: In Praise … Continue reading →

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Drawing an MP – without meaning to

Posted on 23 May 2019 by beckybendylegs

Today, I travelled to my studio for one reason and one reason only: for a tutorial with my personal tutor. We were long overdue a catch up and she’d just read the latest (perhaps eleventh, maybe twelfth) incarnation of my … Continue reading →

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What the strange wooden, painted things are

Posted on 17 May 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’m not sure I know the answer to the question ‘what are those strange wooden paintings?’. I’m referring to the strange wooden paintings filling up in my kitchen. However, I can explain from whence they came, in terms of the … Continue reading →

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When the obsession grips

Posted on 17 May 2019 by beckybendylegs

I can go months without creating anything, or even something, of merit or otherwise. This is a topic which I have discussed here before. I find these periods of inactivity and numbness deeply troubling and upsetting. I know they are … Continue reading →

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My studio space is my mind

Posted on 9 May 2019 by beckybendylegs

As I draw towards the end of my MA (I have six months left but it feels as if the end is looming), this week I have been sitting and looking at my studio space which I have created over … Continue reading →

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I still haven’t seen Rocky III

Posted on 7 May 2019 by beckybendylegs

Over the month of August, the MA fine art and art and design by research students were given the opportunity to hold a group show at The Lighthouse in Wolverhampton entitled ‘We are not boxers, but we have seen Rocky … Continue reading →

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Playing with dimensions

Posted on 30 April 2019 by beckybendylegs

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across an exhibition of the work of Franz West at Tate Modern. I didn’t know much about him before I went so I trotted off to the gallery space clutching my ticket to … Continue reading →

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Why I love B&Q and why B&Q doesn’t love me

Posted on 2 April 2019 by beckybendylegs

If you are an artist, you don’t have any common sense, right? That is a given. Yes, that is right. At least, in my case this is true. This week I, and some of my fellow MA students, have been … Continue reading →

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