Posted on October 5, 2015
In recent months I have concentrated on a series of works on paper on the theme of a family group. This is a theme that has been explored by many artists and I am particularly drawn to the images of Henry Moore during his “bomb shelter” era. I used my own family as a reference, assembling them to make a tableaux then expanding on basic this configuration to explore distortion and other structural variations.
Most of these works began as a simple monotype line drawing, and were taken in different directions using gouache, ink and pastel.
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Posted on May 19, 2015
There is no queue when you run for your life…
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Posted on April 30, 2015
Even in the minute wilderness in the corner of a modest backyard, there is a certain adventure to be had. Finding creatures that wiggle and squirm under a rock, sticks; stones and dirt that mimic an avalanche; leaves and vines that could be the terrain of a strange new world. A child’s garden is a place where imagination takes refuge, where games find a stage, and where time is strangled by inextricable creepers.
Posted on March 15, 2015
See the ink to this article…
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Posted on February 14, 2015
This was painted in tandem with “A Child’s Garden” a some what more orthodox thematic approach. It occupies a piece of canvas that was first part of a large painting from 1994 “probation Broken”- A year of discovery, a year of trial and error, a year of great productivity and intense feelings.
I kept this fragment, just as I have many other works, because paintings remain constantly evolving. They reach conclusion at unexpected times, and sometimes they fail to reach a point of resolution.
Posted on January 22, 2015
I am working on a new street art piece to be placed in a bus shelter that I’m sure Hobit’s and other Middle earth folk would be proud to haunt. This is one from a while back, when I was in the first grasps of the thrill. I do believe in this venue, as an new and ever expanding canvas, which belongs to the accidental critic. I just need a bit more energy!
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Posted on December 24, 2014
I like to work the surface before using the stencil. It gives the finished work a more painterly quality.
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