SCALE
Utilising the entirety of the space offered. There is no other way to effectively communicate the intensity of the suppressed pain.
DIVISION
Large, straight scars on the canvas. Echoing the cuts that would otherwise be slashed across the composition.
WHOLEMEAL PAPER COLLAGE
Wet, crumpled, dried, wholemeal paper with the perfect texture needed to play with the light and build the uneven surface.
INKS
Ink spray, blacks and reds, cathartic and expressive of the usual self destruction.
WATER
Conducive element tying the water soluble graphite, water treated paper, inks and watered down acrylic paints.
Head
Desperate to do something cathartic and productive with this energy. Art therapy to channel the dis-ease, the anxiety buzz, made worse by being trapped in hospital. There’s nothing like med changes to make life harder. The cognitive dissonance of needing but not feelike like you deserve life saving medicine is an ongoing trap.
Heart
Ripping, tearing, spraying ink, making mess, ordering the chaost physically if not mentally.
Hands
The process was heavily material driven. Scale was the major concern. This work needed to come from the shoulder rotation rather than the wrist, a 2.5m work for 30 yrs worth of self destructive coping with pain.