Main Areas of Focus

My interests are wide-ranging, primarily in how human beings affect and are affected by the natural world of which we are part, and the related theology and psychology of connectedness.

Artist

Creating beautiful and thought-provoking art as a means of supporting care for planet and people, nurturing a sense of place, and building community

Writer

Articles and blogs on economics, environment, nature, attentiveness, applied theology, arts, and anything that interests me

Consultant

» Website development and training
» Energy efficiency and renewable energy consultancy
» Research and reporting

Latest News and Produce

What I’ve recently produced. What I’m working on. What’s in the pipeline.

News

Art Work

Art Week Exeter is a go-go! And it turns out that I had a bit more in show than I thought. The main event (for me) is “Minecraft my home". The Minecraft St Loyes world is available to download and play online, and on Saturday 26 May I’m holding a meetup to share our explorations and creations.

Blog

Who said it first?

Sometimes on Sunday mornings in the Cathedral, during the sermon slot, I find myself thinking about what I might have said if I were up there in that pulpit. It might have been something the preacher said which sparked my train of thought. More often, it's something I noticed in the readings.

Article

"Working with Gold" in Digby News

One of my undertakings as Artist in Residence with Digby Community Association was to write about my work for the "Digby News", that is published each November.

Exhibition/Installation

Roll up! Roll up to the Art Vending Machine!

The Art Vending Machine is a fun installation that sells playing card-sized art to the regular punter. "Green|Blue: Drop Slow Tears", the mini mirror tears, are one of eleven different multiples during the 2017/18 season.

Performance/Event

"Patterns": a Studio 36 production

Way back in the mists of time, during Art Week Exeter 2017, I had a conversation about patterns with Veronica Gosling of Studio 36. Five months later I'm singing 20th century classics and knitting on stage.

Recording

"...and the Greatest of these is Love"

In their second album, Antiphon presents world premiere recordings of three choral works by Michael Walsh: an unaccompanied Mass of the Holy Trinity; a full-scale Requiem Mass; and The Way of Love, a setting of five love poems by Rupert Brooke. We recorded it in July 2017 in the crossing and Lady Chapel in Exeter Cathedral.

Talk/Workshop

"Minecraft my home" meetup during Art Week Exeter

"Minecraft my home" is an ongoing activity as part of my "Working with Gold" programme of public art in St Loyes. It is a re-creation of St Loyes as a world in the Minecraft game. During Art Week Exeter, I held a meetup to explore the world together, share what we have been creating, and build more stuff.

Academia

Peer-reviewed Papers and Articles - Health

Papers and articles written as part of my work at the Met Office during 2005-07 on health forecasting and anticipatory care, and accepted by peer-review for publication.

Random Work Generator

There are a number of threads running through all my work. Here’s a random sample from each.

Attentiveness

Ludwell life

It was a happy accident that the house I bought when I moved to Exeter is very close to Ludwell Valley Park. It is my slice of countryside in the city, where I can wander down enclosed lanes, through fields of nodding purple grasses.

Environment

Private Viewing at Exeter Cathedral

I'm showing "Green|Blue" in the Chapter House at Exeter Cathedral, and would be delighted if you would join me for a Private Viewing.

Making

Roll up! Roll up to the Art Vending Machine!

The Art Vending Machine is a fun installation that sells playing card-sized art to the regular punter. "Green|Blue: Drop Slow Tears", the mini mirror tears, are one of eleven different multiples during the 2017/18 season.

Place

Woodwater by night

I spent a day immured in the office at the computer, feeling wintry-cold while it rained and rained. By night-time, I was completely frowstie at being stuck indoors. As the rain had pretty much dried up, I decided on some mythogeography. Going for walks at odd times, like 10.30pm, follows mythogeographical principles, after all.

Play

"Particulart: Up in the Air" pop-up at Greenbelt

I was at the Greenbelt Festival over the August bank holiday. As part of a fantastic weekend, I gave a Pecha Kucha talk about my art work, and "Particulart: Up in the Air" popped up in the Allotment Gallery.

Public Engagement

"Particulart" emitted!

I’m exhausted, but feeling exhilarated and satisfied. Diana and I have managed to hang the show, with some absolutely critical help from Naomi Hart. So we're all set to open to the punters on Monday.

Science and Data

"Green|Blue: Exe" at the AWEsome Art Fair

One of the brill things happening during Art Week Exeter 2017 was the AWEsome Art Show featuring work by most of the participating artists.

Social Justice

More tea? Yes, and do take your time

Clare Bryden. More tea? Yes, and do take your time. Church Times, 11 September 2015.
A quick coffee might suit some, but there is no substitute for ritual, Clare Bryden discovers.