~ FACTORY NOW CLOSED (?) ~

"Please hold the line,
your call is important to us"



The Chemical Factory has now closed,
but fear not, Mr James is manning the
phone lines, he'll be answering all
your 'Factory' needs & queries..
24hrs a day, 7 days a week.



Mr James, Artist/Occasional Magician is
available for children's parties.

factory film; (ii)

mock world of realism (part (i))

these past few weeks i have been
concerned with the enemy of seclusion;
or one of it's 'henchmen' more accurately.

don't expect any answers here.
i am not the lyrical poet to express
my views & comments in any other way
than battering a canvas into submission.

in its most discreet moments
the 'relevance' issue bothers me greatly.
every now and then it creeps up on you.
black & decker drill bits, hydrochloric acids
and fist full of paint.. WTF?

what is he building in there?
(and does it serve a purpose?)
we know exactly what it is.
(it serves the purpose of keeping me sane.)

in the aspect of value or success;
success is deemed to be the main cultural value
of which everything is judged against.

and my opinion on that; (and Len's)
"take the only tree thats left and stuff
it up the hole in your culture" (L.Cohen)
(thanks Len)

i'll keep keeping myself sane by knocking
nails in to bits of wood..

sometimes galleries exhibit them.
occasionally somebody buys one.

"When I’m being extreme, I’m capable of thinking
that frankly the whole art scene is made up of a
bunch of idiots. And I have no desire to get millions
of ordinary people to queue up to look at that stuff.
Why should they? It’s got nothing much to do with them.
To suddenly expect it to be popular is asking the impossible.
~ Matthew Collings

factory film; (i)

it's a human life.

it's nightshift at the factory.

pre-night tidy (spring clean?)



no really, this is tidy.

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field studies (i) made glorious summer;(?)



work still in progress;
coming along.
foundations are there.

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broken sky study continues;
ready to be wired.

pictures to follow.


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journey to work with *William Blake

i travel to work & back by motorcycle.
it's cold, wet & usually life threatening.

having no radio/music or company i tend to
think (even more than usual) this being
preferable to just listening to the humming
of an engine.

sometimes i construct entire paintings in my
head & most of the time, blog posts for here.

all of these are immediately forgotten when
i get off the bike or log on here.

which, is probably for the best in all honesty.

Today, Megan wrote some wonderfully kind words
about me on her blog, describing my work far
beyond my capabilities to do so, it did in actual
fact make me & my work sound kind of interesting,
how she did that, i really don't know.

this is a link to that very post ;)
(six amazing artists you should know)

it made me think that i should perhaps make more
of an effort to update this rather scrappy and
hit and miss blog, with my thoughts, before i lose
them into the ether, maybe some are worth a second
look, maybe.

tomorrow is the opening of the exhibition at the
Turnpike, in which i have a painting.
it looks to be an eclectic selection of work,
and i don't know if it will.. work??
maybe it will.


(just an old photograph working on stuff)


PS; i do now have possession of tickets to my
all time hero & the godfather of music.

*William didn't actually come to work with me,
not today.

fad gadget painting & diminished responsibilities..

yes, this is a power drill;
(variable speed; hammer action optional)



in an ongoing quest & accepted challenge
to overthrow 'the man made'

layer upon layer..

and with power tools..
(groovy)

also;
upcoming exhibition,
this painting will be on show.



'the temporary is sustained'

at the Turnpike Gallery.

The painting has already been sold, but
you can go see it, if you like..