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Michael Borkowsky
Nov 8, 20191 min read
Perfume Portrait #119 – Catherine Higham
Catherine Higham 50ml EDT Head – Fresh linen Heart – Geranium, Indian geranium, Rose geranium, Rose Body – Ylang ylang Description –...
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Michael Borkowsky
Nov 6, 20191 min read
Perfume Portrait #117 – Myfanwy Williams
Myfanwy Williams 50ml EDT Head – Cut grass, Cotton Heart – Spike lavender, Sea salt Body – Driftwood, Musk Description – Embracing all...
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Michael Borkowsky
Oct 27, 20191 min read
Perfume Portrait #107 – JanCarlo Caling
JanCarlo Caling 50ml EDT Head – Petitgrain, Lemon Heart – Cypress, Ginger Body – Sandalwood Description – A celebration of masculinity,...
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Michael Borkowsky
Aug 12, 20152 min read
Introducing my Online Pop-Up Shop!
One of the perils of renting a studio is the ease of which you can accumulate all sorts of junk, half finished projects, old bits of...
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Michael Borkowsky
Sep 14, 20141 min read
Reflecting on my Latest Paint-Making Workshop
Last Wednesday I held the first of three paint making workshops to be held at The Bessemer II Gallery in Sheffield. As ever, the paint...
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Michael Borkowsky
Aug 30, 20142 min read
Artists Required for Thoughts Towards a Painting that Doesn’t Exist.
I am creating a piece of work that assesses the nature of painting, and speculates whether a painting needs to exist if we are able to...
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Michael Borkowsky
Feb 8, 20142 min read
News About My Upcoming Exhibition and Paint Making Workshop.
Over the last month I have been feverishly painting as many pictures of fruit as I can; applying paint directly to loaves of bread;...
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Michael Borkowsky
Nov 3, 20132 min read
Back With a Spice Rack
If you have been wondering where I have escaped to for the last month or so (and let’s face it, most of you have) I can joyously claim...
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Michael Borkowsky
Jul 9, 20133 min read
The Ease of Online Criticism
I have burst onto the Sheffield art scene in irresistible fashion and have penetrated collective consciousness the same way a frozen...
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Michael Borkowsky
Jun 6, 20132 min read
The Identity of Painting
Over the last week or so I have been concerned with the identity of painting. Specifically, I have been thinking about how the practice...
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Michael Borkowsky
Apr 18, 20131 min read
The Constant Desire For Progression
I love to criticise and bitch. It fills part of my moral conscious probably technically reserved for, I don’t know, being able to...
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Michael Borkowsky
Mar 29, 20132 min read
The Tentative Steps Towards Selling Paint
I’ve made some lovely jars of paint. Now what? I have now been living in Sheffield for over two months and, frankly, I think I’m doing...
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