Arrangement in Red

Gouache 29 x 21cm

 

Gouache 21 x 16cm

These little still life paintings are an exercise in composition, colour and shape.

There are no shadows and the forms are simplified and flattened.

 

Interior with lamp

Gouache 21 x 14.5cm

 

Blue Tablecloth

Gouache and collage 21 x 14.5cm

 

Rococo pink

Gouache and collage, 21 x 15.5cm

This still life with its flattened forms and decorative surfaces owes a lot to Matisse.

 

Grey Day

Collage, ink and watercolour 38 x 28cm

 

You've caught me in my Kimono!

Collage and Gouache 19 x 13cm

Another exercise of pure fun.

 

Daisy

Collage 18 x 13cm

With COVID spreading across the UK, USA and Europe and Trump madness on Capital Hill, I have turned to making a work that is just pure fun!

Still life with birds

Collage 18 x 13cm

 

Still life with Marigolds

Gouache and collage 20 x 17

 

'Well, what would you hang on your wall?"

Collage and gouache 29.7 x 21cm

The title for this work came about as the result of a conversation about the difference between decorative art and art that is confronting or unsettling such as works by the Expressionists eg. Miriam Beerman, Max Beckman, Paula Rego.
 

Still life with jade plant

Collage and water colour  18 x 13cm

 

Party Girls

Collage and gouache 29.7 x 21cm

These pair are not keeping their social distance.