work on paper
I work on paper in a variety of media and for a variety of reasons.
The earliest pieces were gouache and watercolour. At the time, the small size and choice of medium was symptomatic of a lack of time and space available to me after graduation from art school and becoming a full-time art teacher. Several years later, many of these small works were used as maquettes for much larger two and three dimensional pieces that were acrylic on canvas. These were essentially abstract but grounded in ideas about time, space and movement. None of these particular works on paper were intended as finished products. Even later, some of these same small works were developed as small wood sculptures.
By contrast, a return to representational imagery resulted in finished works on paper. However, even as finished work and while many stood alone, some were preparatory drawings for larger pieces while others served as documentation: that is, two and three dimensional objects were constructed and then drawings were made from and about those objects.
More recently ( from 2016), my choice of drawing surface changed from paper to mylar which is a support that provides relatively little tooth but much greater resilience. It also has the quality of being translucent which is particularly useful when layering or tracing elements.
The earliest pieces were gouache and watercolour. At the time, the small size and choice of medium was symptomatic of a lack of time and space available to me after graduation from art school and becoming a full-time art teacher. Several years later, many of these small works were used as maquettes for much larger two and three dimensional pieces that were acrylic on canvas. These were essentially abstract but grounded in ideas about time, space and movement. None of these particular works on paper were intended as finished products. Even later, some of these same small works were developed as small wood sculptures.
By contrast, a return to representational imagery resulted in finished works on paper. However, even as finished work and while many stood alone, some were preparatory drawings for larger pieces while others served as documentation: that is, two and three dimensional objects were constructed and then drawings were made from and about those objects.
More recently ( from 2016), my choice of drawing surface changed from paper to mylar which is a support that provides relatively little tooth but much greater resilience. It also has the quality of being translucent which is particularly useful when layering or tracing elements.
