#158: There is never redemption, any fool can regret yesterday

Oil on canvas.

Black text on a white background reading:

Just think first.  A lot.

#157: The earth stripped bare by its inhabitants

A landscape of rock, punctuated only by seas, covering the entire world.

#156: A Monument to Humanity

What would it consist of?

#155: Propaganda for Compassion and Equality

Be nice to everyone.

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After: Cochrane, Lauren (2022) ‘It’s about having your tag everywhere’: why the art of Keith Haring is all around us. Available At: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/17/keith-haring-art-fashion-brand-partnerships (Accessed: 17th November 2022).

And between writing and posting: Siobhán (@SlugInkPress) (2022) "No x" [Twitter] 12 December. Available at: https://twitter.com/SlugInkPress/status/1602282262124453890 (Accessed: 12th December 2022).

Riedzewski, Ramona (@archivist_ramona) (2022) "Positive messaging on the streets of Hammersmith." [Instagram] 16 December. Available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmO5naaobV4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (Accessed: 16th December 2022).

#154: Portraits of Artists as Everyday Objects

A series of portraits of artists represented by an object - the object itself, rather than a picture or a painting of it.  Often the most obvious thing.  For example, LS Lowry is a matchstick, Yoko Ono is a grapefruit and Vincent Van Gogh a sunflower.

Who would you include, and what would represent them?

#153: The Landscapes of Your Life

An exhibition of landscapes you have enjoyed during your lifetime.  

Each piece will have a title in which you could include a date, if you wish - especially if the landscape no longer exists (or has altered from the one you remember), or to give the landscape its position within your life.  It might be that you only experienced the landscape once, for example on holiday, or it might be one that you experienced regularly, perhaps while walking to work over a particular period in time.  

Its content, though, is merely the coordinates of the place to be to see the landscape and the direction to look in.  For example: 

Mote Park, Maidstone: View of Mote House and the North Downs beyond, 1998-2013. 51.26210676149764°N, 0.5480418031282992°W, Looking North. 

#152: The Portraits All Around Us

Look around.  In the gallery, at the station, on the street, in the shop, on the bus or train, in a traffic jam or queue... look around and see the portraits all around you.  

How are people portraying themselves?

In any given moment, how do they look?  

What impressions do they give and how do you see them?  

If you know them, try to imagine you do not, and try to see them with fresh eyes: do you recognise the person you know from a brief glance?

If no one is around, find a mirror and ask the same questions about yourself.