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
These descriptions of the creative process
resonate with me.
But where do ideas come from?
This website comprises fifty six 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
These descriptions of the creative process
resonate with me.
But where do ideas come from?
This website comprises fifty six 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 should offer and explanation for choosing the photograph that heads this page.
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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'tangled up in blue' is one of just seven small drawings made in 2022/3.
They result from spending time playing guitars and also paying attention to guitars as objects. When grouped, their forms generate interesting negative spaces. I like that..
The other guitar drawings can be found at:
works on paper using the left arrow.
They result from spending time playing guitars and also paying attention to guitars as objects. When grouped, their forms generate interesting negative spaces. I like that..
The other guitar drawings can be found at:
works on paper using the left arrow.
I update the website regularly. If you have questions or comments about any aspect of the work...
bryan maycock 2013 ©
