In previous posts I have reflected on my wish to use anaglypta wallpaper in more of my works given the relevance of such a material to my childhood memories.
Following both my initial experiment on this paper and then working with the drip effect in Britannia Pier (2014), I decided to experiment with the wallpaper further by using a family photograph of my sister and I at the beach.
At this point I am still finding my feet regarding how to get the best out of this material. I feel there is a great deal of scope for where I can take this including using the anaglypta wallpaper in my print work also.
The particular piece pictured in this post is, in my opinion, incredibly rough and merely demonstrates my experimentation with the anaglypta paper and acrylic paint.
There seems to be an unintentional thread in the last few paintings I have done in that there is no detail in the faces of the people within. Whilst the scale of the pieces and also the nature of the drip technique do not allow for precision, I quite like how this also reflects the unknown identity of the people within.I need to think about this concept a bit more and see if I can refine the idea. I still feel currently that my prints are the stronger works so a great deal more experimentation will be need to bring my paintings up to this standard.
