Finished artwork created at Glovers Reef

Coral Study (2009) photo-collage on canvas



Lovers Reef (2009) photo-collage on foam and duct tape!
(split into two parts here because the complete image would not fit across the blog site)

The brief for this artist in residence was to create a centrepiece for an interpretation centre which is in the process of being built on the atoll. Alex, the station manager, kindly gave me access to his archive of underwater photographs to use as core material for the picture. In the process of scanning through the images, I was also able to pick out interesting close ups of different aspects of the reef which caught my eye, and formulate them into an another composition which turned out as 'Coral Study'.

http://wcsgloversreef.org/Default.aspx

Glovers Reef

Well I do seem to have rather embarassingly hit yet another sweet spot before I head home at the beginning of April. An artist in residence at a Marine Research Station on the remote atoll of Glovers Reef, way off the coast of Belize....you really couldn't make it up....Don't quite know how I blagged this one, met the station manager Alex while I was at Pooks Hill, and one way or another he's invited me out to create a couple of artworks for an interpretation centre their are building on the island.....so here I am, on a two week jaunt and more cut and paste photoshopping to do....still got a fair bit of work to do mind, though I do have to say being able to take a break from your computer and swim out off the dock instead of making a cup of coffee cannot really be beat....

Middle Caye looking south Photo Credit: Astrum Helicopters


the station itself....


view from the office



the dock



first foot on the island

Donation to The Britsh High Commission

Pretty happy with that...

Re:Exhibition

Unbelieveably I have picked up the pace enough to exhibit in the capital Belmopan, and even better have got people along to view it! It is being held at the George Price Centre in the town which is basically the main culture centre outside Belize City. I'm pretty chuffed I have to say, though because it was in a public building the exhibition was set up as a presentational display only, and therefore the pictures were not for sale. I was very fortunate that the British High Commissioner turned up and was happy to donate my Green Shoots picture to stick in the janitors room at the embassy or something. I was also bizarrely inviewed by local Belizean TV to drum up some publicity. It maybe on youtube somewhere I'll have to hunt it out. Not in great typing form but hopefully the pictures tell the story....

Green Shoots (2009) photo-collage on canvas
Bark Study (2009) photo-collage on canvas
Abstract Lichen (2009) photo-collage on canvas


The one that got away.... fantastical vine... not finished in time


half an hour before the opening, not nervous at all...



obviously I had no choice about the colour of the display boards...



always good to get the kids involved