Coral canvas scroll (I) Artwork

I began working with a new colour palette in August 2023. I felt the need to explore colour more and made a series of different experiments culminating in this pair of scrolls which I exhibited at The Other Art Fair Los Angeles in April. This scroll is also available as a pair. The brush marks are developed from observational drawings made during a performance in London of the contemporary dance company Bandaloop https://www.bandaloop.org who perform vertically. It was the first time I had seen them in the flesh and I wanted to capture the energy and excitement of the experience. Witnessing the process of crafting a public experience through gesture is mysterious yet familiar to me. Whilst the memories evolve over time I am repeatedly drawn to the essential quality and energy of that communication first recorded in my drawings. My paintings use those drawings as a launchpad with the layers of paint, ink and gesso interacting to produce a more complex experience. The final layer is copper leaf. It gives the scroll an additional dimension as the light and angle of vision change at different times. I have long been fascinated by scrolls and screens, their storytelling aspect and the fact that this was the way information was transmitted. They travel easily, can be displayed and stored for either private or public use and their location will always influence how they are viewed. Making them resonates with a time in my life when I led a very peripatetic existence and the possibilities that nomadic existence represents. It is varnished for protection and shipped rolled up in a tube. I recommend hanging it slightly away from the wall to let it breathe in its space though it can also be framed within a box frame.

Mixed Media:Acrylic on Acrylic

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 78.7 H x 1.2 D in

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