Phase TWO
I’m excited to be posting a first look at a new image I’ve been drawing on and off since February, the working title is Phase TWO.
I’ve been thinking about and using modular components in the work for a long time now, but often find my experiments in the area don’t work out quite well enough to actually see the light of day! I’m looking for solutions that allow the underlying geometry and the overlaid modularity to mesh in a way that is both cohesive and somehow visually engaging, as ever there are a number of thoughts and rules in play that drive the drawing process.
Stellify, images from the opening night at Oink Gallery
For Stellify at Oink I’ve made a Diasec mounted 240cm wide Stellify 4 / deconstructed piece, produced as a pigment print on Hahnemühle's new 340gsm metallic paper, that has the most amazing ability to hold and reflect colour back into the eye. It’s almost as though the paper has an internal source of illumination. Additionally I exhibited a broad cross section of pieces from the past ten years or so, including new works on paper, a number of etchings from my adventures at Spike Print Studio, and some traditionally framed and glazed editions on paper.
I hope it’s made for an engaging exhibition. It’s certainly a real pleasure to be back at Oink, Mark has a really refreshing way of cutting through to the heart of the issue conversationally, and that kind of energy is always good to be around!