recent drawings

I've done pastel/sgraffito drawings for some years. I went through a lot of abstract experimentation, the crux of them being composition and colour and coming from a fascination with rock strata. That element of my work disappeared but as I've produced more paintings and the thick stuff grew, another element of the drawings I didn't really consider began to interest me, the slight relief effect of sgraffito-ing. The idea of 'push and pull' or differing depths of colour on a surface is something I've come to find, in most cases, to be a load of bollocks, the kind I myself talked about as a student! understanding why I got a kick out of doing these abstract drawings must have been down to the tactile element; the mm or so steps between layering and taking away. The layer range in a painting is much more extreme but it all comes down to the same thing really.

   












This year I made a new series of abstracts for fun & started knocking out drawings parallel to my paintings. The distinction is, works on paper come from stuff I've saw just like a painting does. Oil pastels lend themselves to all kinds of painterly techniques I'm used to. But the scraping element is interesting; it's the opposite of how I might use relief/3D elements. Having another vehicle/material for producing work is something I've often neglected. I like the idea of one-shots, and always found sketchbooks and preparatory work perplexing which is why I feel the need to cull best drawings for framing. These are a few recent wares, contact for prices