24 x 24″ (61 × 61 × 4 cm) Original – Mixed media collage – acrylic, paper, textiles and found objects. Saturday Afternoon, Best China and Dainties is part of a series of mixed media collages exploring the abstract possibilities of household items. Inspired by a love of charity shops and thrift sales, vintage fashion …
It’s that time again, time to review the ~~ Artist Statement ~~, that most toe-curling of jobs – not least because its a rare person that enjoys writing about themselves, but also because you find yourself trying to condense years of work into just a few sentences, and because you really have to think about …
Travelling around Japan I snapped lots of images of patterns in every day objects – this rust was on the side of an electrical / meter cabinet outside a building near Kyoto.
20 x 30″ (50 × 76 × 4 cm) Mixed Media on canvas This boat is a much-photographed Scottish landmark of the Isle of Mull, at Pennyghael on the banks of Loch Scridain on the West of the Island. It’s in one of the most beautiful spots, overlooked by the towering Munro, Ben More. I …
20 x 30″ (76.2 × 50.8 × 5.08 cm) Original – Mixed media (acrylic and varnished charcoal) on a box frame canvas. Roofless Ruin, Ballantrushal, Lewis – During my February 2012 trip to the Isle of Lewis, I decided to visit the Clach an Trushal which is the tallest standing stone in Scotland. As I …
20 x 24″ (50 × 60 × 4 cm) Original – Mixed Media on Canvas. An original canvas called Winter Skies and Ruin, by Callanish. This crumbling house was on the skyline distant from the Callanish stones (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland), beside which I stayed for a week in February 2012. I vowed …