An Artist in Residence position in Thornden Woods with the Kent Wildlife Trust. The project was entered for the Canterbury Cultural Awards and was a finalist in two categories: The community Award and the Environmental Landscape Award


Tuesday 22 February 2011

I'd forgotten I made these videos.

Untill I recieved an unexpected and belated comment on utube today. It was asking how long it took to paint the highland cattle?


The answer is I did not paint it all in one go, but if I added all the time together I would say at least a day to make and paint the background and a day to cut out and paint the cattle and ponies.



The Konic Ponies and Longhorn Cattle in the Blean are of great interest to me and Cosmo who can't stop himself barking at them. They both seem pretty laid back about him barking though.
I enjoyed making these ambiguious scenes of painted and real situations together. If I had time I would make more like them of other animals and even plants found within the blean.

Monday 7 February 2011

A Walk Round The Trail

We spent the late morning and early afternoon walking round the woodland trail with representatives from Access Collaboration Ltd, to see if the proposals, arrangements and features could be improved in any way. Parking concerns were soon smoothed over and the anticipation, exploration and explanation of a realised trail became almost the only topic of our conversations all the way around.

A very nice walk, and the right descision not to bring Cosmo though.

KWT staff and Access Collaboration strolling around The Blean

Unofficial school party from Herne Bay High School


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