Sat, 22 Mar 2008
Easy on the eyes
I have spent the last few weeks (between teaching work), undertaking a redecoration of my studio. Even though I am a little obsessed with surface texture, the daily sight of a very clumsily applied woodchip wallpaper was jangling with my senses. A delicate peeling of a loose corner one day revealed a wallpaper of the weakest character, barely clinging to the original wall. After much peeling, scraping, sealing and repainting of walls, my eyes are finally comforted by their new smoothness. The colours in my work in seem fresher and lighter for the subtle change in light, and I am awash with new ideas to combine collage, print and paint. It is as if the walls themselves are the blank canvas, and the works are little flourishes of colour within a white space. I am reminded by the artist Howard Hodgkin in his desire to have a defined space around his paintings, so next on the list is a long-awaited de-clutter. In the meantime, here are three small works on panel I completed recently for a gallery, a little more abstracted, patterned, decorative, a little easy on the eyes...

erthe I, II & III, (click to view in new window)

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