21 August 2026
The Box That Won a Prize
It started, as these things often do, with somebody asking me to make something. My friend Pat was entering an allotment display at the Southport Flower Show and needed a box in which to arrange some of the…
5 August 2026
The Space Between the Words
"To me it was very textual, you know what I mean? It was perfectly integrated, and it had a marvellous kind of negative capability. The rest of the stuff downstairs was bullshit."
1 August 2026
An Argument for Curiosity
The post emphasizes the importance of curiosity in art and life, highlighting how artists tend to examine the world more deeply than others. It suggests that true creativity arises from asking questions and looking beyond surface appearances. By…
29 July 2026
The Unseen Hearth: On the Calling, Cost, and Quiet Courage of Being an Artist
There is a quiet misunderstanding that often creeps into conversations about art—a notion born of spreadsheets, clock-in cards, and the modern urge to turn every human impulse into a financial transaction. It is the belief that an artist…
26 July 2026
On Hearing Quiet
There is an odd assumption that silence is the absence of something. It isn't. Anyone can hear noise. It takes very little effort. We spend our days surrounded by it: traffic, phones, conversations, notifications, news, opinions and the…
25 July 2026
The Joy of Found Objects
There is a moment, just after your eyes learn what to look for, when the ground stops being ground. It becomes an archive. I am an artist, which is a practical way of saying I spend a great…
21 July 2026
Why I Built This Space
A Home for the Creative Chaos If you wander around my new website, Eiain Lennon, you won't find a series of step-by-step instructions. You won't find a polished, rigid masterclass or a sequence of strictly curated, flawless portfolios.…
19 July 2026
Why I Make
There is a moment at the beginning of every piece when an idea stops being merely a thought and asks to become something physical. It might begin with a line, a face, a fragment of wood, an old…