Mercer

Earlham

Recently I have moved away from

using found materials for my collage

- instead painting paper with colours

I feel right for the work.

At the same time I have given free

rein to these collages. They no longer 

need to represent actual places or objects.

Instead te material finds its own way to a 

reconciliation. The images result from

placing, moving, tearing, adding and 

removing until the image is complete

on its own terms

Yonder

Until

I think these have been my

most difficult pieces. I find more 

than a little empathy with Paul

Moorhouse's account of Albert

Irvins's painting:

Whereas the painter working from

an external motif can refer to that 

object, an abstract painter has nothing

go by, nothing to direct his actions. His 

engagement is with the developing

image only. As a result every mark is

fraught with danger - the painting could

go wrong with every addition.

(Albert Irvin - LIfe to Painting)

Delves

Interlude

Move On

Green Rocker

So Far

Blue Rocker

Seaside

Sky West

Unlocked

Waiting for the 24

Looking for Ivon

Interrupted

Slim"s Collage

Doing a Seymour

Tiddlywinks

Hey Ho

Shilly-shally

Crispin