“A space to make work has been undoubtedly the most valuable part of the course for me… and also James Kearns, the painting technician. I can’t say enough really. He has made my time on the course.”
Hi Archie. Please tell us a bit about your work and your influences
“Painting for me is something like collecting souvenirs. Those tacky objects brought back from a holiday, or a blurred photograph accidentally taken with slippery suncream fingers. Within these are a trapped sense of place or meaning. Moments captured either by accident or on purpose – I like the novelty. The same goes for a painting, a slip of filmy colour, or a snip of text, thrown into the mix in a process of sandbox play. The works together as something like a catalogue of paint-things, diary entries in colour, pattern, and form.”
Can you tell us about your favourite part of your studies and how it helped the development of you and your practice.
“A space to make work. This has been undoubtedly the most valuable part of the course for me, and I think I speak for all the students here. A place where you can leave one evening and pick up where you left off the next morning, 6 days a week.”
Can you tell us about any staff who particularly inspired you?
“James Kearns, the painting technician. I can’t say enough really. He has made my time on the course, and from him my knowledge of the medium has grown. He goes above and beyond, and without him the course would not be what it is.”
Can you tell us your plans after graduation?
“I’ve got a few applications that I’m waiting to hear back from, and a residency coming up in August. Other than that, I’ll be leaving Brighton and that’s as far as the plan goes. I’ll see what happens.”
Finally if you could give your 17 year old self any advice about going to university what would it be?
“Get in the studio. Work hard.”
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