R34 at Mineola

R34 at Mineola, NY, 1919, 2010

Oil on canvas, 61x76cm

Self Portrait in Grey with Painting

In order to experiment I always find myself turning to self-portraits. They offer a freedom and a subject matter that can be subservient to the task of painting itself. The act of discovering ways of moving the greasy stuff about on the surface is the primary concern, but not the only result.

Watching the Tests

Nuclear Testing and the History of the Nevada Test Site.

This series of work is something I am coming back to [Feb 2012]

Stokes - Nevada - 19 Kilatons - 1957, 2007. Pen and ink on
paper.

Watching the tests i-ii-iii, 2007. Oil on panel.

 

Watching the tests iv, 2008. Oil on canvas.

 

Dog - 81 kilatons - Enewetak Atoll - 1951, 2007. Charcoal on
canvas.

Piece by Piece, 2009

Piece by Piece, 2009.

Oil on canvas, 61.5x50.5

(Johnny Parry & Chamber Orchestra at the Union Chapel Islington)

After the Death of Sardanapalus, 2009

Oil on canvas, 46x36cm

Based on a section of Eugène Delacroix's 'Death of Sardanapalus', this new picture is an exploration in surface and uses heavily thinned paint, Damar varnish, neat paint, and linseed oil in an attempt to put across a visceral and energetic interpretation of Delacroix's classic painting.