Edgescape : Wall was included the Land & Light exhibition at the Wingfield Arts Centre in early 2004 (along with two more of my Edgescape paintings, Stratum and Orizon) - then in early 2006 this painting was selected for the Byard Art Open at Byard Art , Cambridge..
edgescape: wall, mixed media on panel, 90cm x 90cm unframed.what is the inspiration for this painting?mostly the blackened walls of the city, the patina of a bygone age, coal-fired industry, the horizontal bands evoking tracks of activity... this is one of a series of eight panels completed between 2004-2007, evolving from an investigation into the history of eroded surfaces and patinas, which I also document as photographs... this has enabled a critical engagement with the perceived materiality of recreated surfaces, questioning their authenticity as material object or representational image.. the textural markings are not all directly applied, but a myriad of negative traces, created by a process of sgrafitto, layering glazes and removal - a sort of process of painting in reverse... what remains beneath... these close-up details of the painting edgescape:wall show the influence of printmaking methods in my paintings...
wall, detail.
wall, detail
wall, detailview more textural abstract landscape paintings in the egescapes series...