http://www.painters-online.co.uk artistApril 2021 17
in my approach and use collage, oil
pastel and other water-based media
- gouache, acrylic and acrylic ink –
when it suits. I use collage in varying
amounts, particularly so I can mix paper
surfaces to get different effects, so most
of my collage material is paper that I
have painted. This also allows me to
juxtapose different effects that require
different techniques as well as different
paper types.
‘I developed my own techniques
and style from countless hours
experimenting. Visual texture in my
paintings is important to me and I’m
excited by the often unpredictable
marks obtainable as a result of the
physical properties of watercolour, such
as the rivulets formed by flocculating
p Battersea Dance, watercolour and collage
on paper, 17¾ 3 17¾in (45 3 45cm).
‘This is a view of Battersea Power Station
from across the river. A dance is one of the
collective nouns for the feathered variety of
cranes, but it seems to me to be a fairly good
description for a collection of tower cranes,
t o o .’
t Fisherman’s
Hut, Priest’s Cove,
watercolour
and collage on
paper, 15 3 12¼in
(38 3 31cm).
‘This uses a mixture
of paper surfaces
to give a variety
of textures for the
rock. Parchment
has also been used
in the collage.’