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Church Plantation #2 (2021)
Another set of preposterously colourful photographs from the echium field at Church Plantation; like something from the seabed of a storybook. Read more
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Throwback Friday #66 Shellness #1 (2009)
Summer, 2009: a day trip to Shellness, on the Isle of Sheppey, noted around these parts for its nudist beach, but what I enjoyed about our visit was the beach’s silence and its strangeness. Another… Read more
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Church Plantation #1 (2021)
A few evening’s back, we went out to Sheldwich to see the field known as Church Plantation, with its dazzling crop of echiums. We weren’t the only people drawn to the improbable spectacle of blue,… Read more
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After Rutenberg #4 (2021)
A final set of painterly abstracts produced in response to the Kick-About No.32 and the expansive landscape paintings of American artist, Brian Rutenberg. Read more
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After Rutenberg #3 (2021)
Another quartet of Rutenberg-inspired abstract photographs, inspired by the Kick-About No.32. Once again, the images are the result of first fabricating and painting some cardboard maquettes, which were then used as ‘Lego bricks’ to produce… Read more
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When I Was A Boy, I Collected Pebbles From The Beach @ Nature & Culture – Poetry Film Festival 2021
A bit of good news re. the Kick-About-inspired short film, When I Was A Boy, I Collected Pebbles From The Beach; it has just made the official selection for the Nature & Culture – Poetry… Read more
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Throwback Friday #65 Still Life (1993)
What with the influence of the Kick-About No.32, things have been rather abstracted on here of late, so I was minded to share these twenty-eight year old paintings for today’s retrospective post. They date from… Read more
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After Rutenberg #2 (2021)
The Kick-About No.32 introduced me to the paintings of American artist, Brian Rutenberg and his loose, vibrant abstracts. What followed for me was an ongoing exploration of form and colour, starting with cardboard maquettes and… Read more
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After Rutenberg #1 (2021)
After the first big hit of colour, the next most immediate thing I got from Rutenberg’s painting (the prompt for The Kick-About No. 32) was its three-dimensionality, that strong sense of folded planes and faceting,… Read more
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