Lostness, Uncertainty, Disempowerment, Precarity and Fragility.   

I am exploring ideas of apprehension in the current ecological crisis and global political chaos. The vulnerability of humanity exacerbated by the abuse and violation of earth’s resources, and the recognition of the interconnectivity of all living organisms, while acknowledging impermanence, Anicca.

My ideas are reflected in cold, hard metals, fragile sharp glass,­­­ and degradable papers: materials that decay and atrophy with time, waste materials that have been discarded, abandoned. Creating a dialogue between the natural world; the living breathing organism and the man-made; a symbiosis, an antibiosis.

On canvas, lone figures, empty streets, husks of buildings in vast landscapes stretch to infinity using pigments from rust, and organic materials.  On metal, layers of steel, and copper are degraded using natural processes of corrosion, and decay from the wind, rain, and sun. Harnessed in a controlled environment using a mix of corrosive substances, and vegetation they are corrupted to a point of fragility, a breaking point. The rich tones that emerge in the process reveal sublime colours of pollution. The papers, metals, and minerals have been returned to a more precarious state. The materials are then carefully ‘re-worked’, printed, and imprinted, or welded together in sculptural form for connective installation.

The fragility of glass, is a container for the rust dust, or acid effluent of decay.  Having started as manufactured product, the resulting processes convey an organic return, an unrefined quality, the paper torn and fragile, the canvas razed and rough, the metal crude and indelicate, expressing a vulnerability with razor-sharp edges.  The works become a collaborative theatre interacting and connecting with each other. A cube, small and vulnerable hangs in precarious isolation on the wall. A field of instability, a wasteland of objects, a sense of society collapsed, a sense of loss.

      SYMBIOSIS                                             SCREENS

 

IVV

III I

II Front and Back

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Symbiosis I, II, III, IV, V : Corridors of Power

            SYMBIOSIS                                                                       STEEL PANEL.                    steel, organic matter, print

 

 

SYMBIOSIS MOTHER AND CHILD. steel, organic matter, print

ANTIBIOSIS SHARDS

steel, organic matter, print

SYMBIOSIS CONTINENTAL DRIFT

steel, organic matter, print. 95x50x25cms, square floater 9x9cm steel

Uncertain States Vi  : Oils, rust, mixed media on canvas : 120cmx90cm

A Lot of Things Don’t Make Sense Any More : from the series Uncertain States Oils, rust, mixed media on canvas : 120cmx90cm

Fragile Earth : oils and mixed media on canvas, on board

Paintings for sale – #artistsupportpledge – all priced at £250

New work inspired by song lyrics: ‘Beyond the Horizon’ : oils on canvas; lyrics Bob Dylan ; 25x25x4cm SOLD

   

L. May 4th 2020 : oils and mixed media on canvas : 20x20x2cm.                  R. Unpredictable : oils and mixed media : 20x20x2cm

 

Slowdance : oils and mixed media on canvas 25x25x4cm and mounted on studio wall

    

Nightwalk II : In this moment VI : oils and mixed media on canvas : 25x25x4cm SOLD

and mounted on wall in studio.

   

L. Many Rivers to Cross : oils and mixed media 20x20x2cm.                           R. Nightwalk I : oils and mixed media on canvas : 25x25x4cm (SOLD)

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l. .Exit : oils and mixed media on canvas : 20x20x2cm (SOLD).                        R. En Estos Momentos : In this moment IV : oils and mixed media on canvas : 25x25x4cm (SOLD)

    

1. Pause : oils and mixed media on canvas : 25x25x4cm (SOLD).                    2, Light at the end. : oils and mixed media on canvas : :25x25x4cm (SOLD)

WALKS on the WILDSIDE 

Walks on the Wildside 1: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside V: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside II: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside VIII: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside VI: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside IV: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside III: 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside IX : 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

Walks on the Wildside X : 20×20 cm ; oils on canvas

One of the first works in the Uncertain States series this tryptich of 3 canvasses inspired the lithograph ghost-print ‘Uncertain states I shown at the SPG gallery in March.2020 and the move to the installation of metal sculptures : Uncertain States II, also in that show.

20x20cm   oils, and mixed media on canvas

 

Beyond Other Horizons is a group show 1st- 31st March 2020 at Iasi Palace of Culture, Romania. Curated by Anna McNay, Peter Harrap and Florin Ungureanu, the show connected 40 British artists with 40 Romanian artists.

Two Lithographs ‘ On Madaba Road ‘ and ‘ Off Coggleshall Road’  were included in the show.

Ink on paper 42cm x 32cms

Exhibition ‘In Review’  : MAPRINT, RCA,

Uncertain States 2 : : Site specific installation : Metal Sculptures  and Lithograph print

Uncertain States 1 : Lithograph : 122cm x 43cm : Ink and rust on paper

 

 

‘En Estos Momentos’ is a mixed metal wall sculpture inspired by the painting of the same name. Screen print:  Ink on perforated steel, and sheet steel

It incorporates a detail from the painting ‘En Estos Momentos’ multiple screen-printed and first exhibited in January 2019 at the RCA. Recently selected for the BlackSwanArts Open exhibition that ran for a month from October 16th to November 21 2019.

Film : En Estos Momentos: 4 mins

Painting : En Estos Momentos: 2018-2019

130×92 cm : oils, photographs, mono print, text on canvas

it was written i should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice

My mixed media painting “it was written i should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice’,   the first painting in my Brexit triptych, was chosen for the Courtyard Gallery exhibition at the RCA .

122cmx90cm : oils, photograph, text, mono-print, on canvas

I was one of 5 artists chosen to respond to 5 photographers for an exhibition ‘VIEWPOINTS’ at the Espacio gallery in May 2018, curated by Anna McNay.  5 recent works were hung in response to the work of photographer Chris King.

Two short films ‘ Skimming’ and ‘Cranes‘ were screened at the event.

in a grey area of incomplete diagnosis

131cms x 96cms      mixed media : oils, photographs, text on canvas