After completing the MA Fine Art programme at the University of Reading I find myself short on time to complete art activities. However, I have been working on the 'home' page of this website and updating Instagram.
The posts I have put up on Instagram are predominantly pointers to this website. I find myself having enough of social media these days. I keep my footprint light, like walking on snow.
The links below contain details of the work I made while attendeding the MA Fine Art course at the University of Reading from autumn 2024 to summer 2026. I studied part-time whilst working at a full-time job hence the course was spread over 2 years. Note the course lasts one year if it is studied full-time. The majority of my artwork was made at home but ultimately taken into the UoR art building to be shown and critiqued.
University of Reading MA Fine Art Final Show (Sep 2026):
Independent studio projects undertaken during the MA Fine Art at the University of Reading. These artworks were mostly completed in Basingstoke and were part of my own artist practice, though ultimately much of the work was taken into the University of Reading for critiques and/or exhibitions:
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) is part of the University of Reading and has close ties with the Art Department. Annually, in conjunction with the staff of MERL, the MA Fine Art students create and show work in the museum. This year, the MA cohort were given the theme of 'Time' and individually produced proposals for related artwork. All students worked closely with the MERL staff to accommodate the unique showing conditions of a museum. I created three proposals:
During the autumn of 2025, the MA Fine Art students were tasked with creating 'joint' artworks. These were interesting activities and gave powerful insights into how other students thought processes and value systems worked: