http://artsportfolio.net An online resource for artists Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:14:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, just a quick post to tell you about a cool little feature on Voodoochilli.net its called the Vote Room. In the Vote Room people can discover new artwork they may have never seen before. There are thousands of images on Voodoochilli.net and sometimes some of them don't get the ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/08/24/vote-room-added-to-voodoochillinet/ I went along to Foyles the bookshop in London on Friday in support for fellow writer, Beth Junor at her book signing for ‘Scarcely Ever Out of My Thoughts’. A collection of letters edited by Beth written by Valda Trevlyn Grieve to Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid born 1892-1978). ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/06/10/8th-june-2007-letters-from-valda-grieve-to-her-husband-christopher-hugh-macdiarmid/ Had a great night at BAFTA where I met with the stars for the screening of the film Daddy's girl. Jaime Winstone, daughter of the actor Ray Winstone (who incidentally was there in support of his daughter), plays Nina and I have to say, it was gripping stuff, parts of ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/05/30/the-film-daddys-girl/ Since the new design of Voodoochilli.net we no longer have a place for the old e-zine, VoodooNews. I thought this might be a nice place to archive it for anyone still interested in giving it a read. Click on the links below to download. Issue 9 September 2006 Issue 9 is our ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/05/24/archive-of-voodoonews/ After posting my article, it seems that being hit by lightning seemed to get some of you excited. I didn't go into detail in the article so here's my story. That day, 18th August 2002, a bright, bright, sunny day, I’d helped a friend put concrete floors in his house and ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/05/05/41/ Ok, a bit of a weird title. You might even say it’s pretentious or trying to be “arty”. Well I guess this is an “arty” site so I can probably get away with it, but the reality is this subject is something I have thought about and written about previously. ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/04/29/a-blind-man-can-tell-you-the-sky-is-blue/ A gathering of Authors congregated to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday at the Great Hall, King’s College, London, yesterday. It was well attended with Authors of all genres, novelists, poets, writer’s of business manuals and crime. A good evening was had by all as we voiced our opinions, listened to a ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/04/24/a-gathering-of-authors/ Well having written of my life in several volumes, I would have considered this nigh on impossible but after attending a workshop with BBC Southern Radio last week, I have changed my mind. It was a long arduous day and condensing anything from your life to 250 words meant picking ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/04/17/your-life-in-250-words/ I started painting 6 years ago. I’d had this romantic notion of being a painter but now the time had come, I didn’t actually have a clue what I was going to paint! I was given a book, one of those huge hard backed ones full of beautiful glossy photographs of ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/04/15/what-inspires-me/ Its 7.58 am on a Saturday. Normally I like to have a lie in on a Saturday to get some rest for the week ahead. But today, like yesterday I am up before 7 as I am waiting for a delivery. I hate waiting for things, but above all I ... http://artsportfolio.net/2007/04/14/pet-hates/