Venue
Venue Address
Waterside Studio
Combe Raleigh
Honiton
Venue Postcode
EX14 4TQ
What3Words
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Directions
Approx 1 mile north of Honiton, Combe Raleigh is reached via Clapper Lane on Honiton High Street, alternatively via Langford Road towards Dunkeswell. Waterside Studio is in the middle of the village, 150m past the church (or before if coming down the hill)
Parking
Ample parking on the drive adjacent to the studio
Venue Facilities
Artist statement
Photographic prints
A personal exploration of the process of looking, at objects extraordinary and mundane, fleeting scenes and momentary juxtapositions, of finding significance and mystery.
Extended Bio
As a student at Camberwell College of Arts in the 1980s I spent many hours each week in day-long life classes, and it was there that I learnt how drawing is as much about looking as it is about making marks on paper.
Later I studied graphics at the London College of Printing and have pursued a career as a designer in the years between then and now. I work with cameras and photography most days, sometimes on location, more often in the studio, as each project demands.
Outside of work, I try to carry a camera at all times, for I find the camera helps me to look. It sharpens my seeing, makes me curious. It leads me away from the well-trodden path – not far, but sufficient that I look closer, from a different perspective.
The moments I treasure are those where I feel a connection, an urge to study more closely, for longer; which move me to contemplate and respond. I archive all the images I make, a purely personal record of what I have seen, thought and learnt. Often I will return to photograph the same scene, to renew the conversation. And occasionally I will make a print, to see the whole and the detail of an image together.
