tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80774593020036234472024-03-12T19:06:23.581-07:00The Journey of Cosmic Images"In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt." ~ Pablo PicassoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-45143096625386614252017-04-21T09:21:00.004-07:002017-04-21T09:36:55.532-07:00The Sandy StudioSince the keen interest and recent demand of my <a href="http://truthfal.com/2017/03/30/cosmic-the-sandy-studio/" target="_blank">seascape and landscape paintings</a>, I have set up <a href="http://www.thesandystudio.com/" target="_blank">The Sandy Studio</a> an online gallery to sell some of my recent paintings and sketches.<br />
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I'll be painting live all weekend at <a href="http://porthlevenfoodfestival.com/" target="_blank">Porthtowan Food Festival</a>.<br />
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Paintings and sketches will be uploaded regularly and throughout the weekend. If you would like to be informed when new work is updated and news of upcoming exhibitions just send through your email address, or "drop in" regularly to <a href="http://thesandystudio.com/">thesandystudio.com</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-52290915545087880912017-04-21T09:09:00.002-07:002017-04-21T09:24:01.678-07:00Harry Adam's documentary of my work.Somehow, from following my actions for a week, Harry Adams managed to piece together some sense of what I've been doing lately.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-23967878848130851512016-09-23T15:01:00.000-07:002016-09-23T15:02:41.362-07:00Recent work now up on BigCartel!Click <a href="https://cosmicimages.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">here</a> for my gallery to see my recent live paintings from the beach!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-10274904320190194162016-09-22T05:59:00.002-07:002016-09-22T06:03:18.690-07:00"If You Say You Can't Draw, Try This!" The workshops!There are two workshops coming up next week in Cornwall. There are no pre-required qualifications. You don't even really need to not be able to draw!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-82062250693170234162016-08-03T03:01:00.004-07:002016-08-03T16:05:29.425-07:00The Art Blaster! at PARK LIVEThis oversized ghetto blaster was commissioned for Source Fm's PARK LIVE July event in Kimberly Park Falmouth this Sunday just gone.<br />
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It's a large canvas to be drawn all over and the theme was "What do I see in the future for Source FM".<br />
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Adults and children left some great images and ideas on the installation, including: "Broadcast from space", "More community news" and the art included some very bold neo-expressionism!<br />
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TROPICAL PRESSURE FESTIVAL 16th/17th JULY 2016 There is an entry fee to the festival but on this occasion these two SAY YOU CANT DRAW TRY THIS workshops are free to participate.<br />
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Every Friday night on <a href="http://www.thesourcefm.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Source FM</a> in Falmouth I present The Cosmic Art Show (or Cosmic's Show) and last night I had a short, but epic interview to play with reggae music legend U-Roy!<br />
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Everything was going good, I was enjoying the show. The interview with DJ Johnny Nash (U-Roy's main man and selector) played fine. Then, I was about to play the U-Roy interview and the radio jammed! I could still speak but no music would play what-so-ever. Spooky goings on indeed.<br />
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I had free reign to paint what I wanted as long as I got certain words in there. So, I kept it simple and fitted the artwork and colours in with the locality and business as much as possible.<br />
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As well as the cafe upstairs, Breakers also have the Ice Cream Joint. I painted this to look like a "surf shack" style ice cream parlour to fit in with the long surf culture and history the beach has.<br />
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Since I painted these two canvases in 2014 for The Heseltine Gallery's <a href="http://cosmicimages.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/flow-state-exhibition.html" target="_blank">"Flow State"</a> exhibition with <a href="http://www.truroschool.com/senior/our-gallery/summer-2014/cosmic-flow-state/" target="_blank">Truro School</a>, they have hung on the walls of the studio and my house.<br />
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On 120x100cm box canvases, painted in acrylic and spray paint, these two paintings have a presence in any sized room, much like one of my murals, except these can be moved.<br />
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Good Morning, <a href="http://212.219.113.19/listenagain/?p=episode&name=2016-01-30_Cosmic_Art_Show.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a> is last night's ear candy from my weekly radio show on Source FM in Falmouth.</div>
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It is available on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/264616256/starman-by-cosmic-limited-edition-of-100" target="_blank">Etsy page</a>.<br />
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'Starman' is a tribute to the ethereal nature of the artist we knew as David Bowie and his career in many mediums.<br />
The focus of this image is on the theme of the universe that echoed all the way through, from the "Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars" to his final album, "Blackstar".<br />
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My third visit to Jambo's offices. A year since I painted two rooms in their building in Manchester I'm back in Truro installing a huge Zen Wave Garden mural in their boardroom and an Accounts/Contracts/IT themed mural in the accounts department.<br />
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"A Street Art Colouring Book from Cornwall" is available now in selected outlets around Cornwall and on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/256110176/a-street-art-colouring-book-from?ref=shop_home_active_1">Etsy page</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-16109975266759112612015-11-19T04:54:00.001-08:002015-11-20T02:41:49.286-08:00Trewirgie Junior School Murals<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This was such a great project. The pupils involved chose and designed all the content and it was their choice to theme the murals on their studies.<br />
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These workshops are hugely beneficial in using drawing as a visual skill which supports other communication skills like reading and writing.<br />
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Over the last couple of summers I have been developing an art space at a few UK festivals.<br />
An area which is both a space for practicing artists to continue their own projects while at the festival, and a place for those who maybe don't consider themselves to be skilled, to create in a relaxing, creative environment.<br />
<a href="http://2015.bestival.net/line-up/artists/cosmics-art-space" target="_blank">COSMIC'S ART SPACE</a> is a non-judgemental, fun and relaxing environment where people can spend some quality time painting, drawing and creating works of art, even if they <i>think</i> they can't.<br />
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To illustrate what I mean by someone who <i>thinks </i>they have no artistic skills let me begin with drawing and an example:<br />
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Far too often I hear everyday functioning adults say "I can't draw." like drawing is something we have or don't have, or is a skill that some are lucky to have been born with, and some are not.<br />
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Drawing is a communication skill. Like reading or writing.<br />
We <i>can</i> all draw. We just <i>do </i>or<i> don't.</i><br />
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<i></i>Like any practice,<i> </i>the more we do and the more often we do it, the better we are and the more confident we become, so we do it more because it makes us feel good that we do it well.<br />
This also means, however that if we don't do something very often we can get cross with ourselves if we don't like the results when we do try.<br />
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So I have developed workshops accordingly. Taking part is fun and you realise that you have everything you need to develop a strong visual art practice.<br />
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The workshops I have created are aimed at varying degrees of ability so that within the shortest time possible (just under an hour) the participant can access the "I can" of drawing and can return to that whenever they like.<br />
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The most popular workshops this year include<b> Life Drawing With Attitude</b>, <b>Artist Rediscovery</b>, <b>How To Make Good Mistakes</b> and <b>Say You Can't Draw Try This </b>which was very in demand!<br />
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Watch out for <a href="http://2015.bestival.net/line-up/artists/cosmics-art-space" target="_blank">COSMIC'S ART SPACE </a> at UK festivals in 2016. Drop me a line, via email at the top of this blog's homepage, if you want to see Cosmic's Art Space at your favourite festival next year.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-13471048641876849142015-07-06T10:52:00.002-07:002015-07-06T16:16:17.931-07:00St Agnes Sundowner Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The painting went up for auction almost before the paint had dried and raised a very respectable £360. Which was a relief after a bottle of Sloe Gin, famously the star of the show, had just sold for £160!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-23754201877493610252015-07-02T16:11:00.000-07:002015-07-02T16:57:07.567-07:00A scotchman Comes Home Exhibition. Falkirk.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16160797327897077520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077459302003623447.post-8539167644525159992015-06-10T03:50:00.000-07:002015-06-10T03:50:53.533-07:00Be Unrivalled!A few weeks ago <a href="http://www.unrivalledlegacy.com/" target="_blank">Unrivalled Legacy</a> were having a stand at the BodyPower Expo at Birmingham NEC Centre.<br />
Unrivalled Legacy is a great fitness and bodybuilding label based right here in St Agnes, Cornwall.<br />
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To stand out agahey got me in to paint the stand with strong lines and powerful<br />
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