Hello Cazzie here. Its Saturday 26th May today and really lovely weather outside. I am working but and I have a few moments to write this little blog. Had my results this week and I feel ok about them and have taken on board all the comments that were made.I am now concentratingfully on painting and following my pathway that has a lot to do with consumerism. Anyway back to work Cazziex

Hello everyone, Friday 18th May 2012 today. Waiting for my progression review results and my essay. hope we all do well. I think Terry will set us a new assignment this week hope its not more theory. I am preparing an old antique frame for my new painting that I hope to start tomorrow. My concepts of consumerism is still upper most in my mind and I am continuing a painting theme which is inspired by my shop. Antique objects will feature in my next painting which is not large as my previous one. Anyway speak soon Cazziex

Progression review

Feel bit deflated today after yesterdays progression review. The outcome which will be reviewed again in a couple of weeks is that I should paint much more loosely with ambiguity and not from photo journalism.  Hit the wall would be a good way of where i'm at right now. Cherie

Carol-yvonne here or Cazzie as most call me. My daughter has given me a telling off, 'Mum your grammer is terrible' she said. So from now on spelling and punctuation has to be corrected. My daughter has spoken; I did say I wanted my blog raw but she won't have it. Anyway will update Friday. Posh and all that ha!

Hi everyone, its Tuesday 15th May today and nearly finished my painting. Hope you are enjoying it as much as i loved painting it. Its not quite finished the string tag isnt done so will do that in the next few days. Cant wait to start my new one now, antique frame of course but not so Large!  Anyway good luck to Cherie and Helen who have their progression reviews this week (mine was last week) then its results SSScccarey!!!!

Progression review

This is my dining room come work studio :-) and here are 3 oil paintings I'm putting in for review on wed, I have produced other experimental works utilising photography in place of paintings to save on time,  exploring the most effective means of impact for an image in my subject matter, which is 'morality'. I have also included a work in progress  image which shows how I work from a grid system. Cherie 

Progression review

Hi, A bit relaxed today as I had my progression review exam yesterday. I hope i did ok,i keep thinking i should of said this and should of said that. I have a large painting to finish (well several) i cant wait to get going with it again, i havent done any painting for two days now so behind! i will attach a photo of some of my paintings. I did this in 2006 its pastel on canvas. Here is one i did recently its not finished though; any way time to close cazziex

Journey

April 2012

A group of six BA (hons) fine art graduates held an exhibition titled 'Journey' at Eastbridge Hospital in Canterbury. This is their first collaboration, each bring a very different interpretation of the meaning of Journey; consisting of installation, painting, ceramics and sculpture. 

Pilgrim Bottle
Ceramic 2012
Pualine Davis 

'In medieval times it was a common and popular pastime to go on a pilgrimage in search of spiritual enhancement and buy a token of your visit.'

'Canterbury Catherdral became a site of pilgrimage after the murder of Thomas Beckett in 1170 and continues to be so. In today's busy business and recreation. My work offers pilgrims to this exhibition the chance to purchase a 21st century pilgrim badge.'

Deva
Acrylic and plaster on canvas 82cm x 120cm 2012
Nova Marshall

'Deva is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning 'shining one'. The sun is a guide, the light, the energy and a higly religious symbol. The sun is everything.'

Light Being

Paint on polystyrene 2012

Jodie Devlin

Change
Installation - 1p coins 2006 - ongoing
Rebecca Wood

'You must be the change you wish to see in the world.' Mahatma Gandi

Coming through Slaughter

Oil on board 2012

G Smith-Lyons

Home
Acrylic on canvas 160cm x 75cm 2012
Rebecca Wood

'Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me onto his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow globe fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, I worried for him, When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world." Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones.'

A Pilgrim's Road
Mixed media installation 2012
Nova Marshall

'Pilgrims carry money to pay tolls, make offerings at shrines, to purchase tokens and relics during their journey and at their destination. Tokens included bells, badges bearing the red cross, shells, the Virgin Mary and coins.'

Fluct
Oil on canvas 2012
Trevor Laming

'A journey undertaken as a requirement of belief whether by the refugee or pilgrim is a journey requiring faith. To find hospitality and friends is the hope, particularly when the journey is based on fear of failure. This painting could be experienced with these thoughts or as a simple landscape.'

It was great to see such a variety of work by a group of fellow UCA graduates; providing an excellent insight into current thought and practices, sympathetic to the site.