Selkie Passage – new work

I started a new stream of work today – drawings still on the Selkie theme, but with a different approach. There is still a performative process at work, but this one is slower, and based on formal elements rather than observing movement. This is the first image...

Developing Dylan – another workshop

Performance poet Martin Daws and I did a workshop for LIterature Wales with excluded pupils. They were great and worked really hard for us at generating poetry in response to a line from Dylan Thomas, drawing to music by Busnoys and then making both a book and a...

Maria Hayes draws Busnoys on iPad

See my new video of drawings made on an iPad live in response to Busnoys performing on my Artworks page. The drawings were projected on a screen above the musicians as they played. Music with permission of Martin Pyne and Busnoys.

Action for Children’s Arts Award

I have just received a letter to tell me that I have been nominated to receive one of the annual Action for Children’s Arts Members’ Awards in recognition of the contribution my work makes to the enrichment of children’s lives through the arts. The...

The Big Draw – Drawing Inspiration Award

Cath Sherrell (Aberystwyth Arts Centre) and I attended the Big Draw Awards ceremony on Thursday 17 May 2012 at Courtauld Institute of Art and were presented with a certificate designed by Quentin Blake. All the Energy Gift Exchange workshops for the Big Draw took...

Drawing the Line

Here is my talk I should have given this week at Engedi – but was cancelled due to adverse weather – snow and gales! Anyway, hope it makes sense and if you have any questions please contact me. Thanks.