Towards Allegory

Towards Allegory £50   mixed media on cement on paper unframed 195 mm sq

One For Sorrow II

Mixed media acrylic and embedded objects on paper 30 cm sq

One For Sorrow I

Mixed media on paper 30cm sq

Everything Under the Sun

A look back to this from 1990 to help move current work forward. Pastel and collage A2 on paper.

Paddle , Tiller, Sail

More pastel drawing from the late '80's. A visualisation for a sculptural work based on the elements of vessels which guide progress.The theme is allegorical, dealing with directions, decisions and impulse. The drawing is largely made with torn & cut pieces from glossy magazine adverts.  Pastel drawing with collage 420 x 594 mm Private Collection

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Boat with Sail 1989

Re visiting work from the archives. This was one of a long series of drawings made between 1988 and 1991 as visualisations of sculptural themes. They varied between direct representations of possible works to more evocative visions. This was at the latter end of that spectrum. The technique involved collage with torn and cut fragments …

COLLATERAL DAMAGE

A drawing from 20+ years back around the time of an earlier gulf conflict. It was an idea I had for a sculpture based on 'Airfix' type boys' assembly kits. These often featured military hardware, ships, planes etc. I made them myself as a youngster. The sculpture would look like the kit for an incident …

A Cruel Streak

This is a pastel drawing approximately A2 in size with montaged images from my own photography and other layered elements. I was experimenting with gestural mark making and discovered a ghost figure appearing over the door. A tutor once related how Leonardo amongst others looked for found images suggested in clouds, flames, even damp patches …

Life

Seeing fellow artists post their life drawing reminded me that I had some of the same tucked away somewhere. This was from a session that I ran with a colleague from a neighbouring school at what was then called the Mappin Gallery in Sheffield. It has since been converted into a 'state of the art …

Boat with Sail

Pastel drawing A2 in size