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Editing narrative, painting as film making, reflections on rejection.
I think sometimes that my paintings are stronger together rather than alone. Like somehow they form part of a wider narrative. Perhaps like scenes from a film that taken out of context might be insignificant, hollow, or incomplete. I’m […]
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Reflection on current materials
There’s something really powerful about being impulsive or spontaneous. My practice seems to rely on impulsivity, rarely is a recent work pre-planned. There’s something interesting about pulling whatever material seems to be in front of me, like a take away […]
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International Cover-Up
Oil Pastel, Pencil, Felt Tip, Emulsion, Oil and Watercolour on Canvas 59 x 90 x 4.5 March 2015 There is almost always a painting once considered finished underneath my works. They have been painted over. Sometimes completely, sometimes enough […]
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Themes Running Through My Recent Work
I make paintings that reference pictorial qualities associated with landscapes and sometimes portraits, but with no conscious intension to do so. They all seem like simplified versions of something else, or partially covered versions. I’m interested in surface tension, build […]
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Folding
Charcoal, Emulsion and Watercolour on Canvas 59 x 90 x 4.5 March 2015 The title refers to a variety of meanings. In one sense it refers to the notion of covering up, hiding or closing something. I also like […]
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Found Paintings
I’m really interested in the idea of ‘found paintings’. Coming across painterly incidents within the non-art arena of functional painting. Within badly painted fences and botched half jobs I see shapes and compositions that are really interesting when viewed in […]
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13th April
Painted over one of the wood stain paintings. Looking at it in context with the rest of my recent work, there seems to be a dialogue developing between them and a series starting to form. Part of what I’m enjoying […]
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Red Square (Ejaculating Penis), paint on brickwork, 2015. Artist unknown
Underneath where that almost terracotta red square is lies a cartoon style picture of an ejaculating penis. I know this because I see it every day. There’s something really interesting about the reality of painting over, it’s about editing, erasing, […]
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Untitled blog post from "Recent Work"
Some things I think are good
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Wood Stain Paintings
Wood stain battles with the canvas, I have to force it on. When I begin the process of removal I can see how vulnerable and fragile it is. It’s clear that it’s not designed for this surface. The paintings […]