Pink Splodges, mixed media on cotton rag paper 75x55cm, 2012 This was the last painting I made at the Old Police Station studios, Deptford, London, before moving out in 2012. The main materials and method is ink stain, acrylic paint, water-based paint and scratching into the surface as well as repeatedly adding and removing layers so stains and traces of the activity remain. On the surface of this landscape is a splattering of UFO-like pink splodges, which have a more sculptural form. I think of them as being their own species, flying through the forest. Pink Splodges detail
Algae, poster paint, ink , glitter, and acrylic paint on cotton rag paper, 75x55cm, 2012 This was made in the Old Police Station, Deptford, London, 2012. Algae detail
Green Fold, Poster paint, ink, and acrylic paint on cotton rag paper 75x55cm, 2012 Green fold was made towards the end of the first phase of 'Swimming & Other Things' project. In 2011 I was involved in work with a University, after which I reclaimed my art practice in the studio. This was also the first time I let myself really paint behind closed doors in a decade, having been mainly involved in outdoor painting projects, social art and public space works - organised and guerrilla. The series began on cotton rag paper, with a mix of childrens' paints and other institutional whilst decadent materials that I felt reflected parts of human nature I was interested in at the time. The painting remains underwater, in the suped-up natural world. This was made in the Old Police Station, Deptford, London, 2012. Green fold detail
Orange Claw, water based paint, acrylic, and ink, on Khadi paper, 75x55cm, 2012 The human form has dropped away to more complete abstraction, toward underwater on acid, with a clawing at the paper. This was made in the Old Police Station, Deptford, London, 2012. Orange Claw detail
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