About

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My artistic practice embraces a wide range of media (2D and 3D) investigating the intrinsic structure of things (natural and man-made) based on my own photographs (digital and 35mm black and white film).  Printmaking (particularly screenprints) has, in recent years, become the major focus of my work.

Whilst addressing many subjects (political, serious, purely pictorial etc.) I tend to develop on-going bodies of work covering recurrent themes including:  The Crow / Birdland; Trees & Roots; Lines and, currently, Skyscapes (see individual Posts and also Shows & Installations).

In March 2022, following a bereavement and seeking a new direction, I returned to Skyscapes (a series based on my own photographs of dawns and clouds – of which I have about four thousand!) but adopting a very different approach both to the subject matter and the process of screenprinting itself.  Working with Ian Brown of Volcanic Editions in Brighton these recent works are all multi-screen monoprints.  Gone is the analytical, logical approach to building up images mixing up different types of positives.  Instead there are blended backgrounds followed by ink and paste being applied by brush, sponge etc. onto an open screen and pulled through.  This process is repeated as many times as necessary until I believe the image to be finished.  We continue to experiment with overprinting, masking, transparent layers etc.  Some of these new works have been shown at the Hastings Arts Forum, St Leonards-on-Sea and some in an Open House in Brighton.  Skyscape VIII 3 was chosen for the showreel shown at the gallery as part of the Bainbridge Open 2023 and XII 2 and XV 2 were in the Curated Hang (i.e. selected by the Panel) at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2023.

Most of my work is for sale.  Any enquiries re price, availability etc. should be sent via the Contact page.

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