Here’s a painting I’m currently working on. Plaster and watercolour on panel; a kind of bastardised fresco. No great theme, no attempt to proselytise, no comment on society…
space, line, colour and composition… pictorial problem solving in the form of a self portrait.
Occasionally I make collagey mixed-media works for fun. A way to explore interesting compositions and distortions outside of real world restrictions of perspective and proportion.
They also frequently allow a free exploration of a sort of grotesque as a result of the jarring combination of different scaled elements.
I have added some of these collages to my eBay shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394355872772
A glimpse of a work in progress, behind the sky on my sleeve
“We’re all in the same boat, but some of us aren’t getting our feet wet”, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 60cm
This study for a larger painting was painted a couple of Prime Ministers ago, during the reign of David Cameron. An allegory of class disparity.
And the 70 x 100cm painting it spawned, which is difficult to get a photo of due to reflections on the dark paint.
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