I know that it's been ages since I updated this blog. My brain has actually been feeling like the butterflies I've been obsessed with! It...

If you have kept up with my blog (intermittent as it has been) you will know that my intention over the last 3 or 4 years has been to...

THREE SCORE & 10: there is no stopping the marching of time! I haven't updated this blog nearly as often as I had intended ... however, I...

In my last post I discussed a possible change in focus for the THREE SCORE & 10: our days are numbered exhibition. The last week or so...

Razor Blades & Dice is a booklet of photographs which I have recently compiled to commemorate/memorialise my father Roy H Barter and his...

I am currently re-writing part of the exhibition proposal in order to submit it to a number of galleries, in place of Kettle's Yard....

This is a reminder to myself that sometimes ONLY clichés will do! There is a lesson to be learnt, even in rejection. Everything happens...

Keeping my fingers crossed, but my options open Although I have yet to hear from Kettle's Yard, I've received a really encouraging email...

Its really happening!! Sorry if it seems that I have been a bit quiet, but things have been moving at quite a pace behind the scenes....

How quickly things change! This blog post follows very closely on the heels of the last one, which with hindsight was terribly...

I am having to force myself to trust my own creative process. If I can't or don't, I feel that a unique opportunity to explore my full...

It's been a time like no other. But actually that is the point isn't it? .. There is no time like any other, no breath is the same as the...

What do I mean by 'the appearance of things'? It has been on my mind that it may appear my focus, so far this year, has not been on my...

The words aren't flowing at the moment, but the images and thoughts are .. sporadically. You can be my holding vessel. Look after my...

Although I've been incredibly busy with Untangled Threads over the last couple of weeks, I have found some time to do a bit of thinking! ...

I've managed to ring-fence some really important thinking time I am so pleased to tell you that I have found a safe space (in my mind) to...

The three days of Open Studio/Gallery was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came along, sponsors and supporters alike. The very...

Friday 17th, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September 11.00am - 5.00pm Online 6.00pm - 11.00pm www.helenbirmingham.com Framed originals...

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