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Is it Art? Or is it Cat?
I was attempting to photograph my first "Po-hate-o Sack" painting on a plain white background... When my overly-inquisitive cats decided...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 21 min read
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Adam's Portrait
I was nervous to paint Adam's portrait as I have never painted someone with an afro hairstyle before and I was worried it would turn out...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 291 min read
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JC's Portrait
I found this portrait a bit more challenging because JC decided to change his colour selection during the interview and also sent me a...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 61 min read
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A Bavarian Christmas Experience
I've been back to Bavaria for an authentic Christkindlmarkt experience... The landscape was beautiful in the September sunshine when I...

Madeleina Kay
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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The Wallpaper Painting is Finished!
I feel like I've nearly destroyed my mental health in the process but I have managed to reach my target of finishing all of the portrait...

Madeleina Kay
Nov 30, 20242 min read
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"Grand Winner" of The Vibrant Mind
I was really delighted that my artwork, 'Trepidation' , was chosen as one of three winners of 'The Vibrant Mind' award - which they...

Madeleina Kay
Nov 20, 20241 min read
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To love somebody as they truly need to be loved...
I had rather a strange experience on my 30th birthday. I was waiting for my best friend from school, who is always late, too arrive and...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 28, 20244 min read
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Betrayal In Your Eyes - Music Video
'Betrayal In Your Eyes' music video filmed at the March for Rejoin III in London and the Brexiles exhibition in Cambridge. Jeff did an...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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Cambridge's "Hot Ticket" - Brexiles Exhibition Open Night
After the news of Alba passing the day before my Brexiles exhibition open night in Cambridge, I wasn't sure I would be able to get...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 13, 20244 min read
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Nikita in Colour
I started with the linework in waterproof ink for Nikita's portraits. I have a cheat method for accuracy of using my Macbook screen as a...

Madeleina Kay
Jul 10, 20241 min read
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Caught In The Headlights – Abstract Painting
Aesthetically, I really like how this abstract painting turned out - I'm very happy to have it hanging on my dining room wall. I think...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Print Making Workshop
As part of the MA Fine Art digital Low Residency at Central Saint Martin’s, we had the choice of three workshops on Monday 11th March....

Madeleina Kay
Mar 12, 20244 min read
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See it. Say it. Defeated.
Through sheer will power (I did not have the necessary upper body strength) and the help of Uber, I managed to lug the WANGLAND...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 10, 20247 min read
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Advice on Open Calls (to be dismissed or taken on board, as you see fit)
Open calls are the bain of an artist’s life. Just like playing the Lottery, for the vast majority of artists, the cost (time spent on the...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 3, 20247 min read
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Welcome to Wangland - Sculpture
Initially I was concerned that my “Wangland Flag” was too childish to submit for the CSM MA interim show – but, after some encouragement...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 2, 20245 min read
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Disobeying The 10 Commandments of Thessaloniki Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Perhaps I was just irritable because I didn’t sleep much last night – but I hated everything about this gallery; the space, the artwork,...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 23, 20244 min read
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Visiting Thessaloniki Museum of Modern Art
Dada photography by Man-Ray and Ukraininan Artist, Solomon Nikritin. I decided to visit the Museum of Modern Art whilst I was visiting...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 21, 20245 min read
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Intersectional Identities in Oil Pastels
I created these oil pastel drawings of Lora, Redi and Kristyna who are participating in my MA Research Project into intersectional...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 17, 20243 min read
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Drawing Kristyna
Kristyna Ilek is one of my MA research project participants and a dear friend of mine. Since I have access to so many lovely photos of...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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Experimenting with New (Metallic and Glow-In-The-Dark) Paint
I bought two four-packs of paint which I have never used before, one pack had metialic colours, the other had glow-in-the-dark paint,...

Madeleina Kay
Dec 19, 20233 min read
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