Year: 2008
Medium: Acrylic, Ink, Emulsion, Oil Pastel, Charcoal, Stencil and Spray on Canvas.
Dimensions: 55” x 73” (140cm x 185cm)
Title: Head and Shoulders
Year: 2008
Medium: Acrylic, Ink, Emulsion, Oil Pastel, Charcoal, Stencil and Spray on Canvas.
Dimensions: 24” x 36” (60cm x 90cm)
Black Light
"By 2008 although I was still painting it was few and far between, it was upon entering the 'John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize' in 2006 that I realised how much I still needed and wanted to paint, it was this along with a few major events and incidents around this time that made reassess my lifestyle, future and most importantly what I needed to do about my situation.
So in 2008 I left a soul destroying job of 8 years and embarked on the 'Black Light' series, one of which was entered into the "25th John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize'. I found it was hard to stop painting and there were many times I probably should have stopped but restarted, I
enjoyed working a canvas so heavily and the fact that there are at least 6-7 originals layered underneath if sanded down.
The final canvasses are to be viewed in Black Light (UV) at night so the base colours show through the lost layers."