Here are some of my projects with a William Blake theme.
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Vala 3 (A Blakean Shield) A painting for the centre of The Blake Society’s journal Vala. I wrote an article for the Journal, gave a slide presentation at the launch of the digital version in 2022. The printed journal comes out in 2023
Bespoke Golgonooza Maps I’m creating a small edition of William Blake Maps. Details can be found on The Blake Society website
Sarem College Salisbury A day workshop about Los, Blake’s archetypal artist
The Dragon Cafè A presentation about one of Blake’s images of Los making worlds in this well-being centre in Borough London
Ledbury Poetry Festival A slide talk about the Visionary Cartography in Blake’s work
Mappa Mundi (British Library) The centre of my painting made during an artist’s residency at Hereford Cathedral, has a Blakean centre with the idea in Blake’s poetry of a golden string leading to Jerusalem’s wall
Three Blake Society Talks I’ve given presentations in St Ann’s Reference Centre in Westminster, Blake’s former home in South Moulton Street and Waterstone’s Bookshop, Piccadilly for the Blake Society
Read the part of Enitharmon in a Visionary Theatre event by Susanne Sklar at Waterstones, Gower Street
The Blake Birthday Book Artists collaborative book to celebrate Blake’s 250th birthday
Blake’s Heaven, Scolar Fine Art created an artwork ‘Joy & Woe are Woven Fine’ for this group exhibition in Bruton Place, London W1
Everything is Holy touring group exhibition including at The Blake House, London and Ledbury Poetry Festival
Three Etchings:
A Crystal Cabinet
Sunflower
Joy and Woe are Woven Fine
Founder of the online group ‘Blake for Artists’ (meets weekly on Zoom)
These drawings and maps bring Golgonooza to life.