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"Newgrange"
Taken from a trip to the Irish monument and a pub in Belfast. The light of
the midwinter solstice at sunrise illuminates the interior of the burial ground,
and the streetlights illuminated a soldier's gun from a paint-splattered pill
box outside the pub. Part of a series of variations on this theme. Elements have
changed as the ideas have developed, for example the Newgrange carvings and the
gunsights have merged to become a maze.
This is one of a series of three
prints, all measuring 76 x 56 cm, and made using a combination of stencil and
screen printing.
Based on time spent making Public Art around Sheffield. This print is made
from some of the images used during a difficult project. The greens below the
castle-like high-rise are very densely textured, something that can only be seen
on the originals.
This was another experiment close to the "Off Course" print. I had been using
stencils and screen prints on my oil paintings, so I adapted these to form the basis of
the composition.
The main part of the design is the baffle (the foam panels used in recording studios) of the title.
I cut out a paper stencil for the light orange baffle using the same design as can be seen on
the top panels of my stainless steel piece, Grinders Hill.
The figure is a North American Roach Spreader.
The dark red design is part of a screen print I was printing for a friend from primary school,
Dominic Wayling. The golden object at the back of the figure is a screen print taken from a
piece of plastic I found in the road near the Leadmill. I used it in my paintings as a representation of a
barrier.
