Conventional portraits with photographic references are re-invented in these works through drawing painting, and constructed composition, using heightened colour and narrative and symbolic images added to give clues as to who the subject is, and what do they do and know.
Drawn Live and Direct, on location at Mark Alexander’s fabulous Poetic Funk event on Sat. 15th July at The Brix Basement club-room, Gt Guildford St, London SE1. Feat. DJ Rushen (AKA Errol Mahoney DJing Hallowed Boogie-Soul and Jazz-Dance Sounds. A more appreciative, engaged and responsive crowd cannot be found anywhere else to my current knowledge and experience as of 18/07/2023. Charcoal and artist’s chalk/pigment pastels on Vintage Somerset 380gsm cotton rag etching paper.