Madeleina Kay
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...
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'Jeanne d'Arc of Post-Modernism' - Handelsblatt, 2019
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Madeleina Kay
Nov 261 min read
Motaz's Colours
Motaz understood the "choose your colours" brief right away and sent me the following list along with a selection of really great profile...
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Madeleina Kay
Nov 181 min read
Sketching Motaz
I'm delighted to have found my final research participant! I first met Motaz at Stormont where I performed at an event for New Europeans ...
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Madeleina Kay
Nov 164 min read
Painting the "Wallpaper"
Since I have been focussed on my research paper and struggling with managing ongoing health issues since the Summer, I had rather let...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 202 min read
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...
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Madeleina Kay
Oct 81 min read
Marcelo's Colours
Marcelo took the colour brief to heart and gave me the following, brilliantly poetic response: ORANGE This is my inner fire colour which...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 132 min read
Adam's Colours
Me and Adam decided on the best photo to use for the final portrait and I created the linework portrait before adding the watercolour...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 111 min read
Ania's Colours
I created the line-work portrait from Ania's preferred photo before adding her colours in watercolour splatters. I t took Ania a while to...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 114 min read
Stand Up to Racism Demo with the International Women in Sheffield Community
I've found the news and social media coverage of the far right, racist riots difficult to cope with in the last couple of weeks. This...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 51 min read
Sketching Adam
I first connected with Adam, when he sent me an email to tell me about a pro-European concert he was organising and to express his...
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Madeleina Kay
Aug 21 min read
Sketching Ania
Ania is a Ukrainian artist living in Switzerland and a member of my art collective - Dare to Care . I made this series of three linework...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 301 min read
Oil Portrait Test - Lora
Lora's was my final "test" painting before I start the final oil portraits. I decided to start with a slightly different approach to the...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 231 min read
Oil Portrait Test - Redi
I decided to make another "test" piece for my oil portraits, to see whether adding light splatters to the background added to the overall...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 151 min read
Oil Portrait Test - Kristyna
I decided to do a "test" piece for my oil portraits on a canvas half the size which I will eventually create them on. I decided to work...
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 61 min read
Sketching Nikita
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 222 min read
No Borders Exhibition at the RSA
JC Candanedo is a trustee of the arts charity I work for, an artist and photographer who has also agreed to participate in my research...
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Madeleina Kay
Jun 152 min read
Becoming British Scratch - Migration Matters Festival, Sheffield
I was expecting a good show from my dear friend Lora Krasteva, but I was blown away by her 'Becoming British Scratch' performance as part...
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Madeleina Kay
Dec 30, 20234 min read
Living in Sheffield by Livia Barreira
Reflections on 'Living in Sheffield - Our Journeys as Migrant Women' by Livia Barreira The book is touchingly dedicated to 'all those...
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