"Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic." Ambrose Bierce

This ongoing series of paintings, drawings and manipulated old family photos is based on my own personal history, childhood memories, dreams and nightmares.

Mixing fact and fiction, blurring the boundaries between fantasy(phantasy) and reality. A kind of 'Freudian Archaeology' where unearthing my past leads me to an understanding of my present.

As my middle name is 'Tracy' with some of these pieces it is both, revisiting the island of my childhood as well as a play on my favourite childhood place, the fictional world of Tracy Island and the Thunderbirds…

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Title: Dark Corners - Return Visit To Tracy Island.

Title: Return Visit To Tacy Island.

Title: 'Time Is In The Instant' - Self Portrait photo infront of a painting of me as a child, painting titled 'Return Visit to Tracy Island', the painting is based on an old photo were I am holding Thunderbird…

From my good friend AD:-

Improvising live tomorrow - in Paris, France and Northampton, UK, respectively - using net-link, which you can listen to here, on the Strange Fequencies Channel, at noon Paris time, 11am UK time. About:

A Live Transmission with Anthony Donovan and Ian Linter applying abstractions from different locations: United Kingdom and France. An absolute act of improvisation after the render Myth & recording passion for Lodovico Series 9. It will begin at 12h00 (gmt+1) and will progress for 60 almost rotations/brain measure. Wednesday, number 19/10.



Murmurists (Anthony Donovan): Artist, musician, writer, composer, working solo as Murmurists. Improviser - with Vultures Quartet, Donovan/Graham, and others. Member of Lux P0G0 and the.clinamen. Ardent collaborator. Co-founder of Classwar Karaoke. Erstwhile academic. Born North West England; now Middle-England. Mid40s; moderately-healthy. Interests all either obscure or intentionally opaque, but morally authentic. // Zither - with contact mic and guitar pick-up, homemade light-sensitive analogue synthesiser (made by Adrian Beentjes), digital synthesiser, 4 string electric bass, 6 string acoustic guitar, loop station, digital delay, analague flanger, digital multi-effects, distortion, mini-amp/speaker with contact mic, electric toothbrush, electric fan, cello bow, objects, balloons, radio, microphone, walkie-talkie (x 2), glass slide, crocodile clips // http://murmurists.blogspot .com/



Ian Linter: Electro-organic immediatism in any possible structure through a real-time feedback series of necessary events: OLoF NiNe, ACT9, Airf'Auga, Massacre Divino, La Main…

See - Hear...

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/396126

'Post Cards for Absurdist Intervention'

http://www.artreview.com/photo/albums/wt-richards-post-cards-for…

W.T.R. – Selected Exhibitions/Events/Performances.

June 1992 - Group Show at The Conservatoire, Birmingham

June 1994 - U.C.E. Birmingham

July-August 1994 - “Fresh Art" (new contemporaries) Exhibition, 1994. The Business Design Centre, London.

October 1995 - Open Exhibition. St. Helens College, St. Helens

1995 & 96 Summer Community Art Projects, Artist in Residence for MPAC & NWArts Council.

Exhibition at The Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.

May-June1996 -  “Four Head” Exhibition (2 painters & 2 Sculptors) ITV studios,  The Grand Hall, Albert Dock, Liverpool

October - December 1996  - “Metamorphosis” – A celebration of Sir John Moores Centenary, St. George’s Hall, Liverpool,

in conjunction with an Artist in Residence position for Sir John Moores Centenary .

October 1997 - Group Show, Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham.

March 1998 - “Phwaak!” (Group show) The Custard Factory Arts Centre, Digbeth, Birmingham.

September 1998 - “Club Class” U.C.E. Birmingham.

July-August 1999  - Drumcroon Arts Centre Summer Open Exhibition (Prize Winner)

2000 - Art Fellowship (E.U. funded), St. Helens College, Merseyside

2001 - Present day  - Exhibited in Various Open Exhibitions.

Contributed photographs to ‘Happenstance’ exhibition Sheffield University 2009.

Live Performances with the Murmurists and EMP.

Involved in various other collaborative projects including ‘Praxis Group’ http://www.artreview.com/profile/publicPRAXIS

2002-2008 - Organizer and curator of exhibitions, art workshops and art therapy for Adult Mental Health Services, Members Art Projects and World Mental Health Day…

EMP - Representations of Unseen Colours. Download link:- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CYK56K7Q

EMP - Sonic Soup. Download link:- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7IKCQIS2

EMP - Sonic Soup (Alternative Track 1). Download link:- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MV3DTUWA

“Art is an outlet towards regions which are not ruled by time and space” Marcel Duchamp

 EMP are a group of visual/sonic artists and musicians lead by three core members;

A. Beentjes/zoologic; D. Richards & W. Richards/Prometheus(Unbound).

This core trio is often joined by one or more of the following, D. Cunliffe/Igor’s Roomy Labcoat; N. Kidd/Kidderowski; D. Parkinson/DLP and on occasion by Laura T. (English and French dialogue).

EMP is an experimental, electro-acoustic, improvisational group. A collaboration between artists and musicians who looking for new artistic paradigms, collaborate to create spontaneous, improvised, sonic-art/music/soundscapes and installation/environments.

Whilst searching for new artistic avenues EMP experiment and attempt to blur the boundaries between different artistic modes and media, crossing over, exploring and dwelling occasionally in the grey areas between art/noise/performance /sound/music/spoken word/dialogue etc to create soundscapes/music?/visual art and/or sonic art & video installations.

The music is treated as one would a painting, starting each time with a blank canvas and responding to each mark made. Adding tone, colour and texture, sometimes in an abstract way, sometimes with a…