Ready? Steady! Go....!

I have just got back from my first road race; 5 miles along Great Yarmouth sea front (i did it in 46 minutes). It felt really good to be part of something, as an individual acting within a collective purpose, and this is a feeling that i would like to capture within my work for "State of Readiness".

I really enjoyed the drive to Gt Yarmouth from Norwich. I have been thinking about Landscape today, partly because i had a look round the Land Art room at the Tate Modern at lunch, and partly because i have been talking to a few people about how a lot of the artwork created in East Anglia pays homage to our Landscape. The view as we drove along the Acle straight was great, the horizon opened up in that brilliant way that it always does as you approach the coast, so it is no wonder that Artists here are always mesmerized by that view.

Because it is Easter, the sea front felt a bit busier that it usually would during these temperatures, families were wandering around, the swimming pool was lively, the arcades were lit up, but there was a feeling that Gt Yarmouth is still waiting for something; the summer. Easter is their practice run, and then everything will close again until May. Sea side towns are so fascinating, visually rich, full of colour and vibrancy, but conceptually i find them rather desolate. There is this feeling of waiting, anticipation, and expectation of something bigger and better that i enjoy so much in relation to the theme of our exhibition.

I couldn't help but take photographs of boarded up and battened down refreshment bars and burger kiosks.