Entries by Studio Damoah

To Be Honest…

To be honest with you, I am struggling with the idea of chronicling my struggles as an artist and my personal life. To be honest with you, I am worried that the impact such honesty will have on me personally and my career. To be honest with you I am terrified of giving so much […]

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Drawing Surrealism and Life

It has been a while since I have blogged consistently. Sometimes life takes over and you have to go into hibernation for a while to recover. Crazy stuff happens you know. You just have to roll with the punches and keep going, keep living, keep working. Inevitably when you are being hit by an onslaught […]

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Seasons Greetings

Seasons Greetings to you,They say that Christmas is a time for giving, sharing and magical moments. My wish is that this principle is one that is carried all the way into 2011 and beyond.This year, I have been busy working on a project which I hope to share with you soon.Have a fabulous Christmas and […]

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Self Censorship

“The ultimate grip and success of censorship occurs when it becomes part of one’s internal system; and, like termites, it corrodes the insides, till one day it destroys the body it has occupied. Subsequently, censorship becomes the normal, natural state, such that one is no longer aware of its presence, as one’s thoughts, words, art […]

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Art and Fame

I was just flicking through last summers edition of Art Review magazine and I came across an article (Art and Fame part 1by Niru Ratnam) that struck me at the time, and it is a recurring question for me as an artist… The article asks the question why artists who seem to connect with the […]

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Christmas Special Offer!

Seasons greetings to you! Since it is that time of year, everyone wants to give unique, special and affordable presents to their loved ones. With that in mind, buy an A3 signed print to give to someone special as a gift and: You will own a print, which is individually digitally printed, to the highest […]

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Why have a manager/agent? A successful gallery owner/agent/artists perspective. Sian Lindemann

Sian Lindemann has been very successful in this field for the past 30 years. For this reason, when she took the time to construct the response below to my blog post entitled “Why have a manager/agent”, I felt it important to make that response accessible to as many people as I could personally reach as […]

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#Draw365, my state of mind and automatic drawing

  I have been participating in the  #Draw365 project for about a week now… Today, one of my twitter friends ( I know him in real life too Paul Aaaron) sent me a message saying “lookin fwd to a blog on your mindset; those sketches u posted 🙂 …”Ever since I can remember, I have […]

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“Racism:No laughing matter”. Response

“Racism:No laughing matter” is a blog post written by comedian Kate Smurthwaite . The title grabbed my attention, the post did not. I am sure she is far funnier as a comedian than she is capable and competent in her appraisal of this complex subject. See below for my reply which was too long to […]

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Draw 365

OK, so one of my artist friends on twitter(the very talented Jason Barre feel free to follow for interesting tweets and a cool blog) has somehow convinced me to join in with #draw 365… #Draw365 is a tag that makes it easy to find on twitter – any artist can join in. There are no […]

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