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Statement
The main body of my work has developed from a continuing interest
in aspects of archaeology especially those concerning the use, by
early man, of signs and symbols, and the simple graphic forms of
humans and animals.
This interest has brought me into working collaboration with archaeologists
as artist-on-site and in the production of joint art/archaeology
exhibition ventures. Among projects of this kind have been:
1.“Ancient Stones and Mystery Bones”
for The Craven Museum, Skipton; an exhibition based on discoveries
on a Celtic age site in the Yorkshire Dales.
2. “Moor Marks” exhibition for Bradford
Metropolitan galleries staged at Cliffe Castle in Keighley in which
I developed work following a drawing and recording survey of the
marks and symbols left on the stones of Ilkley Moor by Pre-historic
peoples.
3. “Signs of the Times”, an exhibition
of etchings and linoprints on the above related themes shown at
the People’s Palace of Art in Lviv, Ukraine.
My experiences in the Ukraine and travels in America, Ireland and
Northern Britain, have extended my vocabulary of marks and signs
and I now make works using, often playfully, those from a much broader
compass. I frequently combine these with more modern, every-day
signs and symbols including those from the electronic circuitry
I had to work with during my time in industry.
In my most recent work I have returned to painting and have begun
to take greater risks with colour than those afforded me by etching
and monochrome drawing.
The paintings to the right were completed
in 2003 and earlier this year, are part of a series of works which
is still on-going.
Experience
My ideas are expressed in a range of media but mainly through drawing,
painting and printmaking.
I completed an MA Degree in Printmaking in Bradford in 2000 when
I explored the imagery I have described above in a variety of print
media.
I am a working member of the Print Link group at Craven College,
Skipton where I am a part-time tutor in Painting and Art History.
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