My new works examine past events and priorities in the context of an
informed way forward. I am interested in
what ways past works can inform and claim currency. Initially in focus was my
attendance and participation in the 1988 Australia Day skateboarding
competition at El Caballo Blanco in
the Avon Valley. I imitated and re-issued my own T-shirt designs from this era.
My digital video works focused on travels from the Swan Brewery, along
Guildford road and extending up beyond Northam and into the night.
Artistic inquiry into
Biblical verse both reveals and explores implied pathways through grain,
texture and pattern. Clay became flawed in
the potter's hand, so he remade it into another vessel that
seemed appropriate to him. In my case raw simplicity resulted after frustrated
efforts. Relevant to my experience as a visual artist is the metamorphosis of
the overlooked.
A bottle as a vessel can carry a short note away but in a song by The Police; reply came by the same
means. I found there were interweaving themes with reggae songs and some titles,
groups and artist's names feature in my work. In many works stencilled font
references the packaged nature of guidance, which is easy to store for future
reference. This is not necessarily a good thing when time is of the essence and
our time is in demand. Phrases removed from their context often take on a
darker undertone, but through this line of inquiry a message may be found. It is my hope that printed materials that are
overlaid, masked or cross processing with other mixed media unfold with
unforeseen narrative.
