Collecting Memories

                                      Collecting Memories 2008

This is made with more of that Shields Road paint. The shineyness comes through on this one though;

                                Collecting Memories 2008

 The paint doesn't want to stay on the canvas. I quite like it though. It looks like the red which was full on red, bright and vibrant has lost all of its qualities.

I know it's blurred - it's supposed to be like that!

                                   Angst 2008

Finishes. Struggling with the Exquisite.

Exquisite. It's a word I am using, probably over using, a lot at the moment. The work I am producing at the moment is very instant. Quick. Raw. Unmetered. Tony and Jo were in a couple of weeks ago. Where I had had a canvas was just the space with the gaffer tape remaining. Everything was again on the floor when i re-entered the studio. I have become accustomed to this and now quite like it. It gives everything an air of temporariness, transcience, like its almost gone already before its even really there. The crux here is that most of my previous work has been quite exact in its finish. What i am having suggested to me now is do i leave everything in its current state. As it was made. Unrefined. Totally lacking in some elements of exquisiteness. Do I have the courage? Can i leave the text scribbled with a blunt crayon or do i re-do it in some nice font on steel or glass or in resin or somesuch. I just don't know.