Where the Waters Meet - a new series of collages

Here are some collages from a new series. If you like them, there are many more at my website, along with other details of materials, dimensions and so on. There are also quite a number of my paintingst paintings.

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Thursday's Child

Being Thursday's Child - and now Thursday's sixty-two year old - I've long been familiar with the prospect of having far to go. It seems in keeping then that I very much like pathways and their perspectives which is why I often photograph them. Here is a handful.

Some prettiness from 1949

Honeysuckle and Meadowsweet

A handful of summers ago, I picked this bunch of honeysuckle and meadowsweet. I brought it home and stuffed it in the blue jug. I am quite unable adequately to describe the effect of the combined sensory onslaught. It is only possible to ennumerate the elements of this onslaught:
     the heady and exotic perfume of the honeysuckle;
     the earthy, beautifully wholesome scent of the meadowsweet;
     the gorgeous reds, pinks and creams of the honeysuckle;
     the deep, double-cream of the meadowsweet;
     the writhing curls and twists of the honeysuckle;
     the complex, stately purity of the meadowsweet.
This is all rich food for the artist. Had I lived in a previous age, I would undoubtedly have painted them. As it is - as an abstract artist -their influence on my collages and paintings has been long-lasting, certain and elusive. This little frenzy of photographs was my immediate attempt to absorb them and cement my relationship with them.