Category Archives: studio
rude
‘You can be as rude as you like’
3 canvases each 100x80cm with some elements of graffiti
Working out some ideas
graffiti and vandalism
I haven’t quite known how to share my recent works and talk about them here up till now. I’m having a bit of ‘breakdown’ perhaps. Not an illness. Just in painting terms. I am experimenting with pouring paint. Over older dry paintings. It’s hard to explain why. Or what it means. I hope this aggressive, bold use of strong colour, with forms forming themselves, directed by gravity and manipulated by the tilt of the canvas or a blot with tissue, will lead somewhere. In the meantime maybe they can say something for themselves.
On Facebook a friend commented that I am bringing graffiti and vandalism into the studio. Yes! I think the friend is right. Sometimes we need to force a change. To fight off the status quo.
pourings
10″ tinies
evening
Another large piece ‘revamped’ with tape and a squeegee!
Earth vessels aka jug & bowl #2
jug and bowl
2 pieces each 80cm square plus painted over wooden frames
And a third, older ‘vessels’ painting on the far wall in one of the images
And me in my painting hat, for scale!