Homage to ‘Gypsy’
I once drew a huge 3 meter high drawing of a Flamenco dancer in compressed charcoal on paper. The piece was originally made in 1998, during the second year of my BA. It was a dynamic linear display of dancing in full flight, influenced by the aesthetics of artists such as Christo, Marcel Duchamp as…
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The Incident.
These images display my face after an incident that happened some years ago. The first drawing is of me eight days afterwards. The next one is approximately three weeks later, rehumanised, but still black eyed. The intense impact of the compressed charcoal marks and vigour appeal to me.
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The SANE Creative Awards Scheme
Last May in 2023, I had the good fortune to receive a modest but welcome sum from the SANE Creative Awards Scheme. This enabled me to refresh drawing materials and focus almost exclusively on the figurative aspects of my creative practice. I started off prolifically drawing a series of self-portraits. A very literal interpretation of…
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Sketches of views from a balcony
My artworks have recently had a bit of a departure from what I usually paint and draw. Despite just being a couple of modest small drawings of the view from my Mum’s balcony in Brighton; they are a bit of a throw back to the preparatory charcoal images I used to make when I was…
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Figurative Portraiture
My figurative portraits have evolved in tandem with poignant experiences over the years.
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Dynamic Linear Space on a two-dimensional Surface
Through the use of lines against complex background washes I envisage and express London as a whole within the framework of a painting.
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