i took some of these small paintings on paper for a little walk to the end of the garden this week...
to the shaded spot where the rust continues to grow and bloom in many hues of red, orange, brown, violet and grey...
where a light dusting of green mould or algae turns the old reclaimed wood from a dull pallet brown into a more vibrant shade of green...
where everything is quite simple, rustic, earthy, and unrefined in character......i don't have a good tripod for my camera, so i had to stay quite still to take these photographs, keep a steady hand, propped up against the nearby sprawling branches of a large, overgrown orange blossom (syringa) shrub. i got quite cold after a short while and so my good self & the small paintings promptly came back inside to the house again.here are some photographs of some small canvases i have made, now known as the travelling iCons...
bali 2010, 15cm x 15cm, collagraph print on paper on canvas
nepal 2010, 15cm x 15cm, collagraph on paper on canvas
pueblo 2010, 15cm x 15cm, collagraph on paper on canvas...just thought it would be interesting to show them in a different light, a different context...