PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN Woodcut122x170cm ENQUIRE A ‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ that was a direct copy of a sketchbook page I drew in the Brierley Hill Flats in the 1980s now seen through the lens of time. This print page depicts a very dark...
THE DRINKING MATCH 1999Woodcut – no 3 of a trio122x170cm ENQUIRE The drinking match is set in miner’s welfare club where I used to drink with my father during a period where I viewed the world through the lens of the bottom of a beer glass . On the walls are...
FACTORY FODDER SCHOOL 1999Woodcut – No 2 of a trio122x170cm ENQUIRE The school I went to can only be described as a ‘Factory Fodder School’ (which was the title of a large woodcut I made years later documenting these experiences). In this environment education...
NIGHT SWIMMER 2000Woodcut80x70cm ENQUIRE wood cut in multi colours from 4 blocks, each one unique. Night swim is inspired by a very oppressive dream of swimming in a polluted canal which is something I used to do as a youth. The swimmer gasps for air , struggling to...
