University of the Arts London

In preparation for the show I have completed 3 Botany Books from the natural history museum and begun painting a stack of research from the course, the paperwork behind the degree and a pile of books on the artist collectors from my dissertation – Mark Dion, Fischli & Weiss, Peter Blake, Richard Prince, Susan Hiller. I have recently had many subjects routed in the theme of the analogue, collections, books, slides, stacks of papers vinyl and the turntable. I have also started a couple of small paintings of record shops. With plenty to keep me busy I am down to the last 2 weeks of painting, with files, folders & forms needing attention.

I made on-site still-life Drawings in the study rooms of the V&A, in the National Art Library and Sir John Soane Museum then began taking photographs at Institutions to capture the atmosphere of public and private objects, data and archives. From detailed drawings sketches more recently done from photograph used most often for use to be projected onto canvas. Newspapers was gouche over small drawing printed and scaled up onto card.