Six recently completed works. All acrylic and collage on board, canvas or paper. Smallest dimension: 23 x 30 cm. Maximum dimension: 40 x 50cm.

First post for 2013- - Five new works. All acrylic and collage on board, except framed work which is same media on canvas with wood supports

Recent sketchbook entries (all charcoal on cartridge paper)

It's probably worth noting that there has been a slow return to figuration in the work. To amplify this fact, I came across this statement just yesterday, from the late British painter, Roger Hilton: Abstraction has been due not so much to a positive thing but to the absence of a valid image. Abstraction in itself is nothing. It is only a step towards a new figuration, that is, one which is more true... For an abstract painter there are two ways out or on: he must give up painting and take up architecture, or he must reinvent figuration. 
In my case, it is true to say that form has arisen out of abstraction over the last six months or so, but I 'm starting to think that for the work to be 'successful' or resolved there needs to be a greater balance between the two.

The blog has been dormant for a while. One reason for this is that I have been working through some issues between abstraction and figuration (yes, that old chestnut again.) Here are some paintings, post-'issue' (some on canvas and some on paper) from the last few months. 

It's been a wee while... been a bit busy with setting up an online store for Melbourne makers of all things craft.


I thought I would post some recent digital drawings for your viewing pleasure.

More works on paper from the last week in the studio

Cavern. acrylic & gesso on paper with collage elements. 33 x 43cm

Angry Boys. acrylic & gesso on paper with collage elements. 43 x 33cm

Cloud Mountain. acrylic & gesso on paper with collage elements. 23 x 17cm

Wyatt #2. acrylic & gesso on paper with collage elements. 33 x 23cm

Minimal Damage. acrylic & gesso on paper. 33 x 23cm

Ogg. acrylic & gesso on paper with collage elements. 33 x 23cm