Window of Time

Here is the first entry since adding all my preivous blogs from the AOL journal.

All these collaged pieces have not used the mosaic patterning that I am known for and I have attempted with a few of the new pictures to attempt to use other techniques.




1. 'Old Havana' - June 07 - For Sale - £40

This piece is the first where I have used tissue paper to give some depth to the piece and another type of texture. The title comes from the map that is pasted into the piece and it also uses a lot of thicker pieces of paper from books.





2. 'Icarus of Modern Times' - June 07 - For Sale - £35

This is a follow on from 'Jesus of Modern times' that I constructed last year. I like the fact that this modern day Icarus has glass wings that show the clouds of the sky. This is a painted called the Lament of Icarus by Herbert James Draper and shows him after going to close to the sun and falling from the sky. This pictures I used to have on my desk when I work at Mercury and I used to look at it alot when I was on a difficult call. I love the symbolism of Icarus and what it stands for.

3. 'Rude Beauty' - June 07 - For Sale - £45

This is a piece that I constructed to show just how much the female image is exploited in modern advertising and just how easy it is to sell products with a nice image of the female beauty. Also it seems that to be a topless model is an easy way for girls to make a lot of money in the 21st century and just how many would rather do that, than consider a career in banking.

4. Half Sisters - June 07 - For Sale - £40

My clever idea for this piece was to take the same image slice it into two and then give the impression that it was two different people due to a change in height. Lets hope that it worked.

5. 'Window of Time' - June 07 - For Sale - £35

This is a piece that is mainly constructed from images from home design book. There are also images from a famous clock and of men. All told it is about how short our 'window of time' really is on this planet. So make the most of it!

6. 'Zagros' - June 07 - For Sale - £55

This larger piece is made from torn strips of paper to make the overall picture. Most of the pieces use a the colour yellow and images from Japan. The title comes from Iraq's largest moutain range. I wanted it to look like a space where lots of poster had been pasted and over time they had been torn down to leave this lasting images.

7. 'First 101' - June 07 - For Sale - £45

This started off as a simple collage without much meaning and has ended up as a medition on sex and religion. Which are also a tag team having a fight in life. It is interesting how the religion trys to suppress sex outside of marriage. Priests abstaining, is just one example.

8. 'Community' - June 07 - For Sale - £50

I work as a volunteer in the 'volunteer and community sector', so, I decided to create my own multicultural society. As I believe that there is an increase in the towns and cities that are becoming very multicultural. It will of course end up with a multicultural world.

Poets Corner Summer Festival

I have now transfered all information from my aol account and will be placing new pieces on this site in the next two weeks. I am also very heavily involved in the Poets Corner Summer Festival and if you care to check out their website on the following link:

www.poetscornerfestival.wikispaces.com

1. Domestic Goddess - Aug 06 - For Sale - £50

This is an image of Nigella Lawson who is a famous chief and married to Charles Saatchi. She has been quoted as saying that she feels comfortable in her body and that she realises that she is no Kate Moss size 0 model. I am pleased that she is paving the way forward for women of her size and also I love her smile in this picture.

For more information on Nigella log onto http://www.nigella.com/

2. Weaver 9 - Jan 07 - For Sale - £35

This is the first image that I have done in while that uses my traditional mosaic patterning. The reason for the title is that there are nine shapes and they weave across each other to create the finished pattern.

3. Daytrip Siteseeing - April 07 - For Sale - £45

This is a collection of images that give a feeling of being near a seaside town. It maybe possible that when you go to this imaginary seaside town that you may see David Bowie as 'Ziggy Stardust'. The smiling lady in the middle left was comforting her child and you can see that happiness in her smile.

5. 'Rizons' - May 07 - For Sale - £30

The title of this piece comes from 'Horizons' and it is is all about what you could see if you look out over a busy town.

6. 'La Bella Figura' - May 07 - For Sale - £45

The title means 'beautiful figure' and I have applied it to this Italian Soldier. I love his uniform with sword and white gloves. It is a miltary uniform for display only and he stands to attention like most of his countrymen.

7. 'Naked Seaside' - May 07 - For Sale - £60

This is a busy seaside that has three semi-naked sunbathers in it. The seasides of European countries are becoming more and more populated with topless or even naked english girls.

8. 'Tense, Nervous, headache' - May 07 - For Sale - £45

Apart from being the title of an album by Boy George this was used in an advertising campaign in the 70's/80's and refers to a mirgraine. In the picture that I have used from 1968 it shows how the vibration of the headache effects all the sound around the person.

8. 'Weathered Coimbra Statue' - May 07 - For Sale - £45

Coimbra is a city in Portugal. The municipality has a population of 148,443 inhabitants in a 319.4 km² land area, and over 430,000 inhabitants live there. I used the image because I am interested in the weathering of statues and other outdoor sculptures.