This piece is built up over several layers and has become akin to an object rather than a sheet of paper. Integrated into the surface is the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarser matter is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk) ...I've added blue and yellow…
This piece is richly encrusted with the red and white chalk. This chalk is not as easy to work with as the Dorset chalk Im familiar with. The coarser texture is Carr stone...it is less red than the chalk than the chalk. The binding medium here is acrylic...I've added blue and yellow artist pigments...everything else was found on location. The…
MACKEREL MOON Sitting on the edge of the beach with Weymouth in the top right corner, the Chesil sweeps away and I wait for the moon to appear. I see the sky warm almost imperceptably before it eases into visibility. I'm drawn awake by the energy of the full moon...the moment the moon begins to wane I can feel it.…
The starlings curl in from the sea and their movement lifts to mirror the contours of the shingle. Currently unframed. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A moment when an arc of starling becomes Northern Light - bird and star. Encrusted with marsh and shingle. This is framed. January 2022. The cost of postage is not included in the price.