Greenbelt 2010
Greenbelt Visual Arts from John Peter Idris Bowen on Vimeo. Once again I will be attending the Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, UK this year. And once again I’m looking forward to it. This year I’ll...
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OK, so here I am. In the first of what will probably be quite sporadic posts, I thought I’d update you on what I’ve been doing at the Greenbelt Festival this year. After arriving on site at about...
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Greenbelt (Coda) 2010
Now that Greenbelt is over, I thought I’d share some final reflections with you about my time there. Being a little disorganised this year, I forgot to bring a mug with me to drink my tea with. Anyone...
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Storage, Back Catalogues and Saints
I spent most of last Friday sorting through the storage space where I keep a lot of my artwork. I’m on an economy drive and need to downsize my storage costs for the New Year. Start as you mean to go...
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I’m painting a brain.
So I recently started painting again after a long hiatus…. This time I’m doing paintings of brain scans. I often wonder what it’s like for people to follow my paintings. My work has taken so many...
View ArticleReasons to be Greenbelt Part. 3
So I’ve been at Greenbelt once again, the annual festival that takes place on Cheltenham racecourse once a year. It’s always a joy to take part. This year has been busier than ever. Once again I’ve...
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Greenbelt 2011: Final Round-up.
So finally the dust has settled on Greenbelt 2011 (almost). Si Smith let me have one of these “Where The Wild Things Are” figures as a nice little gift for helping out with the Visual Arts team. I...
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Twitter Art, Conceptualism and a new art form
I’ve been having a lot of fun this week creating some art pieces using the social media platform Twitter. Although people are quite keen to promote their art on Twitter, very few make their actual...
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How I (Nearly) Made It as an Artist (or “What Not To Do”)
Back in 2001, I had what was essentially a major solo show at The Custard Factory, a large space in Birmingham, the UK‘s second city. I’ve not talked about that show on this blog, and it’s high time. I...
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President Obama, In Seven Days & Greenbelt
Once again I find myself writing a once-in-a-blue-moon blog, and once again I find myself at the Greenbelt Festival, hanging artwork for the Visual Arts stream. It’s been it’s usual slog, but the...
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