“Art is not self-expression. It is the self expressing all of the elements of the culture that has shaped it.
open studio
Visit me at my studio, to see a selection of linocuts, screen prints, collagraphs, collages and textile panels. Read more…
net of wonder – every drop in the ocean counts
2014
The sea, once it cast its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever
Jacques Cousteau
Every drop in the ocean counts.
Yoko Ono
immigrant-emigrant
2012 – screen print – image size: 26 x 18 cm – edition: 7
Same person, different labels.
the idea of independence in the mind of a dreamer
2014 – digital collage
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.Bob Marley, Redemption Song
hail mary
2013 – screen print
For the first time in the history of mankind a mother kneels before her son and acknowledges, of her own free will, her inferiority.
Simone de Beauvoir
selfie
In French there is an old expression, ‘la patte’, meaning the artist’s touch, his personal style, his ‘paw’. I wanted to get away from ‘la patte’ and from all that retinal painting.
Marcel Duchamp
It’s natural that a painted self-portrait of a printmaker should include a ‘pawprint’. Irredeemably retinal …
