When I sit and make a
drawing I capture geographies. Shapes and lines are traced, contours and forms
considered. Surface patterns are replicated, and tones recorded. I am also aware of time and activity; anything in motion, people, animals, traffic or clouds. I liken these moments to a state of heightened senses, capable of distinguishing the trill of a bird from that of a street drill.
A long haul freight train passes over a busy urban street. A hundred carriages rattle slowly over the wrought iron structure of the bridge. Blissfully unaware life continues unabated in the street below, dogs bark, kids scream, cars and buses thunder past.
My drawings provide a narrative to my life. They act as triggers to evoke nostalgic response. This is connected with my ‘visual sense of memory’. The aesthetics that I was ruled by at the time. What I found inspirational.
More recently I have become concerned with the way they can be used to explore my cultural heritage. Taken through a process of collage making subsequent drawings 'Copernicus Conundrum', 'The Farmhouse Operative' and 'Victim of the State' amongst others combine elements of Polish culture with that of Soviet design. Visual elements about each culture exist in parallel, forming new narratives. Subjects as varied in theme as state institutions and the rustic, the astrological and the pastoral, the domestic and the urban act as settings for a drama that combines fear, surprise and camaraderie.
A long haul freight train passes over a busy urban street. A hundred carriages rattle slowly over the wrought iron structure of the bridge. Blissfully unaware life continues unabated in the street below, dogs bark, kids scream, cars and buses thunder past.
My drawings provide a narrative to my life. They act as triggers to evoke nostalgic response. This is connected with my ‘visual sense of memory’. The aesthetics that I was ruled by at the time. What I found inspirational.
More recently I have become concerned with the way they can be used to explore my cultural heritage. Taken through a process of collage making subsequent drawings 'Copernicus Conundrum', 'The Farmhouse Operative' and 'Victim of the State' amongst others combine elements of Polish culture with that of Soviet design. Visual elements about each culture exist in parallel, forming new narratives. Subjects as varied in theme as state institutions and the rustic, the astrological and the pastoral, the domestic and the urban act as settings for a drama that combines fear, surprise and camaraderie.