Painting in my home studio on the Scottish island of Bute during extended lockdowns, I found figures appearing in my paintings. These strangers - sometimes grandmothers, sometimes a child, sometimes angels - appear as if in the middle of a story I cannot know.
I think of them as characters in films that were never produced, and the paintings as stills from those unmade films.
The making process evolved through creating a textured surface to paint on by collaging handwritten words. I blogged about this process here.
Painting in my home studio on the Scottish island of Bute during extended lockdowns, I found figures appearing in my paintings. These strangers - sometimes grandmothers, sometimes a child, sometimes angels - appear as if in the middle of a story I cannot know.
I think of them as characters in films that were never produced, and the paintings as stills from those unmade films.
The making process evolved through creating a textured surface to paint on by collaging handwritten words. I blogged about this process here.
Only this moment
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
An occupation of the body
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
Poetry begins
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
A risky time
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
Between ourselves
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
The pale shadow of nothing
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
We come back to that
acrylic, pencil and charcoal on collaged handwriting on paper, 61 x 90 cm
Sea clouds dissolves - a woman breathes
acrylic and collaged handwriting on paper
61 x 84 cm
Separated reality
acrylic and collaged handwriting on paper
61 x 84 cm
A small angel was needed
acrylic on raw unstretched canvas
90 x 115 cm
The too-soon-taken and the barely-there
acrylic on raw unstretched canvas, 88 x 110 cm