Chris Blackburn

I am a visual artist and use my creative practice as a way of observing, noticing and thinking about the world and the things in it.  I tend to work with ‘immediate’ methods such as sketchbooks, photography or speed drawings with ink and charcoal, to create direct responses. I also experiment with printmaking, collage, digital and the written word. 
I’m often inspired by daily life: people in the street, at markets, commuting, at gigs and clubs.
During lockdowns – when those usual sources disappeared indoors - I began drawing dogs being walked on the street. I’m currently interested in our relationships with objects and the ‘feel’, rather than the look, of landscape.
For me, making and doing is not a settled thing, but something fluid and uncertain.
​Although I’ve been at it for a few years now, I still feel like I am just beginning and that’s an interesting place to be.  

instagram   @xtineblackburn
website:  https://christineblackburn.co.uk