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Capturing the Moment: A Journey Through Painting & Photography
Some of my thoughts and favourite works from the Tate Modern's latest exhibition.
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Jun 16, 20231 min read


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Jun 11, 20230 min read


Art inspired by the staircase at Peckham Rye station
I went to the Sarah Sze installation at Peckham Rye station. I really enjoyed the art work but I also loved the staircase leading up to...
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Jun 11, 20231 min read


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Jun 7, 20230 min read


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Jun 7, 20230 min read


Text works on Cultural Criticism and Brexit (WORK IN PROGRESS)
I was looking through some rough video footage that I had from 2016. The sound is terrible so it's not really useful as is. But I...
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Jun 6, 20231 min read


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Nov 6, 20220 min read


Sainsburys Blackpool and Vector Brushes
I took this photo about 5 years ago and I started a drawing of it on an old iPad. I was using the app 'Brushes' at that point. I never...
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Oct 17, 20221 min read


Procrastination and my creative output
On 9 December 2021 I committed to post regularly on all activities in relation to my art work. It’s almost 9 months since I made this...
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Sep 2, 20223 min read


I am pigeon!
Over the past 5 years, some of you who know me will have heard me talking about my pigeon project. In 2017 I was living in a flat where...
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Aug 12, 20222 min read


Ipad drawings of signals and railway tracks
I absolutely love the negative spaces created by the overhead signals and the railway tracks. I find it so satisfying to draw each space...
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Jun 4, 20221 min read


Port Drawing
As described in a previous post, I have been developing some ideas for an art project around freeports. I will be posting more on this...
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May 29, 20221 min read


Co-ordinated bookshelf
I love drawing on the iPad, particularly complicated repetitive things. It's very meditative. Once I had finished the drawing I thought...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read


Cover Story (Crime & Punishment)
This is the next stage in the process of a new work relating to Crime & Punishment (see original post here). I've now added the main...
cliffstevensonart
Apr 12, 20223 min read


преступление и наказание (Crime, Crime, Crime, and, and, and, Punishment, Punishment, Punishment)
My friend Joe, the writer, has started writing a piece based on Dostoyevsky's Crime & Punishment. He's been working with multiple...
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Apr 9, 20222 min read


Exploring my drawing styles with Roman Abramovich
I read a long newspaper article this morning about the links between Vladimir Putin and Roman Abramovich. There's a lot that I'm...
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Mar 7, 20221 min read


I know why the caged tree (2021)
This mixed media sculpture contrasts the human made with the natural. I've been reading the excellent "The Hidden Life of Trees - What...
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Feb 12, 20221 min read


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Jan 8, 20220 min read


Last drawing practice of 2021
I often see things in newspapers or magazines that I want to draw. Today, two unrelated images caught my eye and I used them as an...
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Dec 31, 20211 min read


Inspired by freeports
For my consulting work I did some research into the new UK freeports that have been authorised by the UK Government. The Government’s...
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Dec 23, 20211 min read