Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn’t work.
Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1 2004 p121
...every time you perform a song, it's gotta come up like you never heard it before.
Joni Mitchell Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe 2017 p141
Even though these two creators are primarily musicians rather than visual artists, the above descriptions of the creative process
resonate with me. So where do my ideas come from?
This website comprises sixty one pages of images and text
that document and describe my work from 1970 to 2023.
Illustrated buttons (below) connect to images of the work.
Descriptive text buttons link to information about the work.
Magenta text links to related information that is of interest.
Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1 2004 p121
...every time you perform a song, it's gotta come up like you never heard it before.
Joni Mitchell Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe 2017 p141
Even though these two creators are primarily musicians rather than visual artists, the above descriptions of the creative process
resonate with me. So where do my ideas come from?
This website comprises sixty one pages of images and text
that document and describe my work from 1970 to 2023.
Illustrated buttons (below) connect to images of the work.
Descriptive text buttons link to information about the work.
Magenta text links to related information that is of interest.
But first I will explain the choice of the photograph above.
At the Hackney Archives I found a copy of the Clarnico sweet factory's Specialties List (1906) that includes the image of the box-making shop where my great grandfather, foreman, John Maycock (circled), is seen wearing a bow tie and standing the back of the workshop.
In the introduction to the Specialties List is:
"We think it probable that the conditions under which our sweets are made may be of interest to our friends and have embraced this opportunity to include some illustrations of our manufacturing departments".
I like this statement, so presumed to appropriate its spirit thus:
I think it possible that the conditions under which my work has been made may be of interest so have included information about how and why each series developed, and also where finished works have been exhibited.
In the introduction to the Specialties List is:
"We think it probable that the conditions under which our sweets are made may be of interest to our friends and have embraced this opportunity to include some illustrations of our manufacturing departments".
I like this statement, so presumed to appropriate its spirit thus:
I think it possible that the conditions under which my work has been made may be of interest so have included information about how and why each series developed, and also where finished works have been exhibited.
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Below, Tangled up in Blue' is one of just seven small drawings made between 2022 & 2024.
These drawings result from being in close proximity to guitars. Apart from how guitars sound and feel, when grouped, their forms generate interesting negative spaces. I like that..
More guitar drawings can be found at:
works on paper
Use the left arrow to review the most recent work.
These drawings result from being in close proximity to guitars. Apart from how guitars sound and feel, when grouped, their forms generate interesting negative spaces. I like that..
More guitar drawings can be found at:
works on paper
Use the left arrow to review the most recent work.
I update the website regularly. If you have questions or comments about any aspect of the work...
bryan maycock 2013 ©
