Author’s Note: Every Saturday, I share my art practice over the past 7 days. I'm fascinated by artistic practice – it's not just about creating art but the entire process. From influences and ideas to materials and skills, each artist's unique approach shapes their work, making it more than a finished piece. Just imagine having a weekly update from your favourite living artist. How cool would that be?
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Memento vivere at the Crypt Gallery progress report
Don’t you love it when the universe conspires to help you? If you’re into that kind of thing.
This week I got an email from A-N saying that they’re running a seminar on how to apply to the Develop Your Creative Practice on 15th November. So, of course, I have applied!
I look forward to chatting with Julie over Zoom!
I’ve also been toying with poster ideas. I’m not showing you anything now, you’ll just have to wait.
I chatted with creative legend Mark Denton
Since I started organising Memento Vivere I became interested in successful advertising legends such as Dave Trott. I devoured all of his work (I read a lot of his stuff back in 2015 but I had nothing to apply it to) and decided to email him for a podcast chat. He said he’s not a fan of podcasts but I should speak to Mark Denton instead.
So I emailed Mark Denton, thinking it was Mark Denton who wrote Slow Horses. Whoopsie! But my stupidity aside, he agreed to have a little chat about Art and Advertising.
Mark’s first ad was a Cadbury’s Creme Egg ad back in 1984, I was but a two-year-old tiddler.
The Ad: (Comment if you remember it).
You’ll hear more about the chat yourself if I publish it to my Substack. It was life-changingly-inspirational to me and I feel giddy with hope, hopesick, not sick of hope but full of it to the point I have butterflies as I feel nervous about how good it’s going to get. He’s given me the permission I needed to be myself and share my art on my own terms.
(An afterthought to the above: part of it is me being scared to become successful. Something deep inside of me is keeping me safe by playing it small for so long, but there’s also a part of me who wants to play big, to take risks and say FUCK EM ALL!)
Anyway…
A few links to Mark’s work:
Bad Barnet Brylcream Ad (Remember this?).
Mark’s Agency COY! Communications:
Mark’s Exhibitions, “Art Mart” and “The Shit Show":
I could talk about Mark all day, he’s such an inspiration. But we must move on. On to the next topic…
R E J E C T E D (AGAIN)
FFS. Fuck’em.
My art is now on Dyson’s website
I wonder how that got on there. Shhhh… 🤫
The original artwork: Siddha (2019) – 42 cm x 29.7 cm – Brush pens on paper.
Best wishes and deep blessings,
Have the best week!
SLART.
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