by jamesnaughton | Dec 6, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Dreamworks I am preparing to move up in scale from the Canyon studies. My thoughts keep returning to a dream I started to experience a day or so after first visiting the site. In the dream the RV was precariously balanced on the edge of a collapsing precipice. I can...
by jamesnaughton | Nov 29, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Time and Pressure I arrive at the print room, it’s moved to a different campus but there is a very reassuring presence here, in the form of the printing presses on which my first prints were produced 20 years ago. A printer has a very unique attachment to...
by jamesnaughton | Nov 26, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
College Days I want the project to have as much impact as possible, perhaps in the same way that Moran had such a positive influence on my early paintings, my work and Andrew’s photographs in the exhibition might hopefully have a similar effect on young artists,...
by jamesnaughton | Nov 26, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Gold Rush Today sees the first day of the initial Canyon phase and I feel that over the last few weeks I’ve given myself a very good idea of how the rest of the project may progress. Following the trip structure seems to be working, both in terms of a natural...
by jamesnaughton | Oct 31, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Mountains or Molehills It’s strange how the passage of a day or so can bring clarity to what seems like a conflict demanding an immediate solution. I can see now that there is no conflict, I’ve just been giving myself different opportunities, trying a few...
