Artists at work

We have all been busy creating our work for the exhibition and i have caught up with 2 other artists to show you some of the work we have been creating. I have received some images of work in progress from Leanne Freeman and Tony Halstead. Freeman has been creating porcelain turned bowls and Halstead has been creating insects from found objects. Their work is diverse and eclectic and i look forward to seeing their creations at the M.U.D exhibition. I have also been working on my ceramic pieces for the exhibition and have recently done some larger batch runs.

William Hughes
Work in progress
"Buried Treasure"

Tony Halstead
Work in progress
 "Dragonfly"

Leanne Freeman
Work in progress
Porcelain bowl

 

Lewis Latham

Lewis Latham

Life To The Max

Latham’s work  ‘Life To The Max’ is inspired by his childhood adventures. The

brightness and the energy of the character in his light art animation represents

this. Latham’s work involves a character exploring the world as it consciously

knows that it has a short time to live. We often work through our days, weeks,

months wishing and waiting for the next break. Max rejects this and tries to

pack in as many adventures as possible just as Lewis did when he was younger;

there was nothing more exciting than this.  

Martin Owen

Martin Owen 

Under Everything 

A1 Canvas, Photography 

 

Owen’s artwork takes a look at portraiture and how people disguise 

themselves and act differently, especially when they are in public. He 

combines the practice of painting with a photographic outcome to 

document the action.  

 

Owen wants to share with the audience the multiple personalities 

that one often hides when in face-to-face situations. He exposes this 

by physically painting onto people’s faces using only black and white 

media. The monochromatic hues depicts light and dark, with the 

dark side emulating ones more sinister and mysterious side. He 

questions what is ‘acting normally’ in the public sphere? What is 

accepted or not?  Each portrait holds a different emotion of a singular 

person, depicting the multiple personalities we can all camouflage.  

 

 

Destination. 

Employment in Photography 

Mauro Ganhao

Mauro Ganhao 
“Selfie-Portrait”
(2015) Acrylic on canvas.  

The younger generation use technology with unlimited 

self-realisation of much they rely on it. How times have change? 

Ganhao explores the idea of the traditional self-portrait in 

painting history to a more contemporary version known as ‘the 

selfie’. Taking himself s a starting point and the subject of ‘the 

selfie’, he combines this notion of the historic and contemporary 

portrait by analysing his position as a youth and being stuck in 

these times. Where is the skill of representing oneself; not 

through painting but by a click of a button on a mobile phone? 

He represents himself through colours, which depict different 

moods. His paintings, when looked up close show the mistakes 

he has made. They are undeleted as oppose to deleting a digital 

‘selfie’ until one looks perfect and presentable. 

 

Destination: Fine Art at De Montfort University. 

Leanne Shipley

Leanne Shipley'Unsettled' 2015
Shipley is a photographic artist with a keen interest in Fine Art.Inspired by artists such as Roger Ballen and Joshua Hoffine, Shipley has been exploring the realms of fear, phobia and night terrors. Shipley is fascinated by the extreme and overwhelming emotions provoked by the anxiety created by these phenomena.
Interested in the psychology behind fear, and feeling that when portrayed as an art form, fear stems from the subconscious, the artist has created a two piece installation to house a series of images designed to awaken dormant childhood memories and create a feeling of instinctive unease from within the viewer. The first stage of the piece is intended to gain the interest of the viewer and generate certain emotions, leaving unanswered questions about the intention of the piece. Curiosity will naturally evoke an urge to return to view the second stage which will present the images in a contextual environment,  re-awakening the emotional responses. 
Destination: Life is an adventure.

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Jasmine Storey

Jasmine Storey  

"FEAR = F**k Everything And Run"  (2015) 

Video Art/Installation  

Storey's video art and installation allows the viewer to have an insight and enter the mind and 

world of a Social Anxiety sufferer. Each video allows a display of different portions across the 

anxiety spectrum varying from depressing, distressing and anger.  However, the video produced 

can be relatable to a variation of mentality if the viewer's interpretation allowed this. The 

arrangement and presentation of the installation plays with the curiosity of the audience almost 

teasing and inviting them to walk into her artwork. By experimenting with the light of her 

surroundings, Storey's influence of German Expressionist Cinema is exposed. She often 

associates this with herself and her perception of her deteriorating mentality in comparison to a 

sleek and smooth view produced by a contemporary DSLR camera.  

HND (Art and Design), Grantham College 

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JILL WARSOP

JILL WARSOP – ARTIST’S STATEMENT 

JILL WARSOP   

‘Birdmen of Grantham’ 2015 

Intaglio prints 30cm x 20cm (series of 4)  

Warsop explores alternative photography processes such as photograms, cyanotypes and 

photopolymer prints to create images inspired by the living world. She is drawn to 

innovative processes and is seeking unique ways to link her love of traditional printing 

techniques, such as linocuts, collagraphs and intaglio prints with photography. Warsop 

captures images on black and white film to use as a starting point for painting on acetate 

using Indian ink and salt as media. The pictures are etched onto photopolymer plates, 

which are then inked and printed. 

The portraits ‘Birdmen of Grantham’ depict members of Grantham Cage Bird Society. They 

are influenced by Jasper Johns’ ink paintings based on a photograph of Lucian Freud, and 

the photography and drawings of Henri Cartier Bresson. They seek to express the wealth 

of character found in the mature male human face.  

Destination: HND Y2 Grantham College

 

Tony Halstead

Tony Halstead 

‘Seeing the Unknown’ (2015) 

Wood, Paint, Ink, Coins, Projection, Magazine Cutouts, Metal (Copper)  

Halstead’s work is mix media painting and three-dimensional structures with a twist. He 
uses untraditional materials, such as, coins. He is interested in wanting the audience to 
stop, contemplate and generate their own narratives within the work and to evoke 
mystery.  

Halstead uses specific patterns and shapes to draw the audiences’ attention to certain 
elements of his artwork, such as egg shaped eyes and textural marks in his expressive 
two-dimensional piece. This is repeated in his three-dimensional work with more 
emphasis on curves and rounded shapes. Halstead is questioning how the audience 
identifies an image, in particular, a portrait and how they are first drawn towards the 
eyes. The eyes are the most important part of a portrait as they portray feelings of the 
character. His work extends a personal approach to more universal themes such as 
emotions and humanity.  


Destination: 
HND at Grantham College 

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Leanne Freeman

Leanne Freeman 

‘Feeling is seeing’ 

Ceramics, glass and wood  

Freeman creates work that the audience are able to pick up and feel the texture 
of the marks made by the tools form the grittiness of the industrial crank clay 
to the smoothness of polished porcelain. She wants to allow access to all 
viewers to touch the range of textures so they could be understood more than 
merely seeing them. 
Freeman’s inspiration comes from having dyslexia and feeling excluded from 
certain activities, therefore when she creates art she wants everyone with 
different abilities and ages to experience and interact with the work not just by 
sight but also by touch. 



Destination HND Art and Design at Grantham College  

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William Hughes

William Hughes 

Of One Soul Design

“Buried Treasure” (2015)

1m X 1m

Multimedia piece made using recycled disposable objects, ceramics and spray paint

William Hughes works under the title of One Soul Design; this makes him more identifiable in the art industry and in the public domain. Hughes works in mediums including multimedia, 3D, Animation, photography and drawing, to create work that engages the audience and encourages them to ask questions of the subject matter. His work shines a light on social, political or environmental issues, as Hughes feels strongly that the visual arts should be used as a way to involve people with themes that affect them. In this piece he encourages the audience to think about disposable objects and their effects on the landscape His work is not confined to the gallery environment and can be found on many other platforms including; outdoor spaces, YouTube and on Stickers, making art accessible to a mass audience rather than a select few. Hughes was inspired to go outside the traditional settings by artists such as Barbra Kruger and Jenny Holzer whose work appears on billboards or large screens in public spaces.

Destination

HND art and design Grantham College

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Urszula Sobczak

Urszula Sobczak 

‘What Lies Beneath’ (2015) 

Acrylic  on canvas.  

Sobczak is interested in creating paintings that present ordinary children either smiling or feeling 

anxious. Many people judge others just by glancing at them but dismiss what is under the cover. 

Even a child can have hands soaked with blood; their main weapon is a dreadful imagination which, 

if used incorrectly could leave us speechless. Children might not know that their actions are wrong 

and maybe they do not realize that people can die. However, some of these young souls may 

understand it and regret it as they grow older. They may appear to be innocent because we do not 

know of their crime but once we do know, the title of ‘killer’ will always remain.   

 

Destination: Cartoon and Comics Art, Staffordshire University. 

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Andrew Stewart 

‘Untitled’ (2015) 

Series of 3D vessels  

Ceramics, wood, plaster.  

Stewart’s work combines large scale ceramic vessels with carved wooden forms 

utilising discarded elements of the making process to explore texture and form. By 

using recycled materials, such as, wood shavings and paper it gives a second 

purpose to the materials that would otherwise be disposed. The main purpose is to 

emphasise that natural textures and materials can be combined in an unexpected 

manner to create objects which are functionally and aesthetically pleasing. 

The understanding of the materials’ properties, characteristics and processes, such 

as industrial crank clay to porcelain, is an important factor to ensure that the final 

product is completed to high standards.  Incorporating and using the properties of 

other materials as well, such as, wood shavings and paper, adds a different 

dimension to Stewarts work by making the viewer question how they was created.  

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