Snow

Thinking about Snow who died in Perth, Australia on Friday. I only met Snow once under very difficult circumstances but my brothers Tim and Jon spent many hours with him in Cambodia. Tim has hours of film footage of his interviews with Snow and hopefully we will get to see and hear his remarkable story in the near future. Today I shall play Lovers Rockers and plenty of Gregory Isaacs. Extra Classic, that's what you are.

Here is a link to an article in today's Phnom Penh Post and it includes a lovely picture of Snow. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maxine%E2%80%99s-owner-local-legend

Jim JB Bull

Remembering and celebrating Jim's life. He left us unexpectedly and far too early. Above everything else, it was music that motivated Jim - and so, here are links to the Dark N Light website and the mixcloud page - All the recent mixes are on there and as Jim wrote, with characteristic modesty "Some Stonkers from ya Bro…" 

http://www.mixcloud.com/darkandlight/       

http://www.darknlight.co.uk

At the Great Escape

Buffalo daughter

20 Painters at Phoenix Brighton

Do come along to this show - I have some paintings you can view and  the exhibition is well worth a visit - at Phoenix Brighton until the 30th March. Open, Wednesday to Sunday from 11.00am - 5.00pm

++(+)+WP29 Some Pictures:

Thanks to all who came to ++(+)+ WP29 at CAC. Here are a few pictures taken just before everything was removed. Thanks to Hugo Bartlett, Bethan Troake for their help and guidance and Roarke Pearce for all Photography

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Hope to see you on Saturday the 25th at Community Arts Centre for 'A Peripheral vision'

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Jonathan David Westlake Cole

Jonny Cole in Cambodia

Refugee Status - A Painting from Jon's time at the Royal Academy

Garden Step risers

Garden step risers finally installed for Townend family, Park Crescent, Brighton UK

In preparation for this commission, I visited, observed and photographed stretches of silver birch trees in England. Silver birch is a very common broad leaved tree in the UK. It is also a pioneer species which means that it is one of the first tree species to colonise an area that may be bare soil or just shrub or grassland. It is also fairly tolerant to pollution and hence is often planted on exposed or industrial sites. It seemed to us to be an ideal species to represent in the composition. I also kept Gerhard Richter's picture of the Hirsch deer close to mind as I painted the design.

Each riser is made from a number of sections of clear perspex which have been individually painted, sanded and then laminated together with clear casting resin. They have been inserted into stainless steel frames, behind which light is projected through a layer of opal white perspex.