The Anger that Ensues From Always Being In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time.

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper.

Bergen, Norway. 30th May 2002

This painting was the start of a small series of experiments which resulted in five different images; each individual piece experimenting with scale and movement. Inspired by the immensity of my surroundings at the time, the fjords of Norway, I wanted to convey the grandness of what I was experiencing but I was limited by the facilities I had at my disposal (you can't just nip out to the supply store when your working on a cruise ship!) From this conflict of inspiration and necessity came a set of five small paintings. They were all painted late at night during one of my many bouts with insomnia.

The Anger that Ensues (inverted).

Digital media

16th January 2008

I am not particularly happy with this rendition. It is a simple negative scan of "The Anger That Ensues..." but the blue shades do not convey the sense of movement and excess which I feel the reds do so well.

The Loneliness of Running Down A Hill
Only To Return To No One Waiting

Acrylic paint and mixed media on Watercolor Paper.

Andalsnes, Norway, 27th May 2002

Norway is a religious place for me. A place of awe and depth beyond human understanding. When I have been there I have felt, perhaps, at peace. Those times when I have walked in the fjord's of Geranger, Stavanger or Alesund I have been subjected to an irresistable compulsion to throw myself down the steep wooded sides of the glaciated valley with complete abandon.Which is strange as I am not spiritual and I don't run.

Loneliness (Inverted)

Digital media

16th January 2008

The Perturbation Of Crying For One's Self
When One Knows There Will Never Be Anyone To Hear.

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper.

Helsinki, Finland, 05 June 2002

Perturbation (Inverted)

Digital media

16th January 2008

The Confusion of Wanting; Never Having (For Long).

Acrylic paint and mixed media on Watercolor Paper.

St. Petersburg, Russia. 08 June 2002

Also part of the series of five this is one of the last paintings in the series.

The Confusion of Wanting (Inverted)

Digital media

16th January 2008

I actually actively dislike this image. The process of making the original negative has turned the heavy, thick dark blue shades into off-pink and off-yellows which contrast in splendid "wrongness" with the aqua blue swirls. This image does nothing for me.

Dark Riders Were Approaching

Acrylic paint and mixed media on Watercolor Paper.

 2002

Dark Riders (Inverted)

Digital media

16th January 2008

Lips

Mixed Media on paper

2003

Cock-I

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper.

 2002

Cunt-IV

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper.

2002

The Dull Thud of Melancholia.

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper.

Tallin, Estonia. 09 June 2002

Depression, melancholy and sadness have been recurring themes in much of my work in many different mediums. What does this tell us about the artist? Do we need to understand the artist in order to understand the work of art? 

Kiss

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper.

 2002

The Rape of Lucria

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper w/ digital manipulation.

Completed September 2008

 "If he asks to touch your breasts
Make sure his hands are clean.
If he snatches at your cunt
Tell him you are dry and ridden with scabs." (Anon.)