In 2016 I established a firm base in Sheffield from which to exhibit and develop my creative practice. A success, all things considered. However, this year I intend to widen my audience and develop my practice away from Sheffield with the intent on establishing myself as a UK artist. You see, while being relatively known locally is nice and indeed important as it provides a solid foundation from which to build, by ultimate aim is to become an established UK based artist – wit

Further reflections on Perfume as Practice have lead to the following conclusions: If you think you have a good idea, think of a better one. Only about 2 ideas per year are really good enough to instigate sustained creative activity. Strive for innovation. That is all, initially. #ideas #contemporaryart #culture #fineart #innovation #thoughts

Mark Heyster 50ml EDT Description Travel perfume – but not as you know it! Here, the process of making is aligned to a journey of the mind and as such, reminds you of the value of process. The perfect fragrance for those times where empirical enquiry and the act of creating take precedent over the end product. Features Here, notes display the mental agility needed to consider the value of process whilst also suggesting the virtues of a journey. Geranium and palmarosa display

Two things seem to have initiated a shift in how art is perceived by an audience and the expectation of what art can be and how art needs to function: The abhorrence of Gilbert and George’s current exhibition ‘Banners’ at White Cube and the fact that Assemble have won the Turner Prize. For Gilbert and George, whose work once instigated a degree of debate and thought, their out is now reduced to the most banal of messages; likened to inane scribblings in a school toilet. As su

Over the last week or so I have been concerned with the identity of painting. Specifically, I have been thinking about how the practice of painting can be deemed irrelevant if the paint itself contains enough conceptual prowess. This post really acts as a steam of initial thoughts towards a more refined idea of how paint and painting can be perceived. Well, there goes… Painting no longer has to exist on a surface. Indeed, when applied to a surface, paint becomes condemned – F