I have been working on some new pieces using print and paint and collage. In a way I like to work sometimes, I put the ink and paint on with no thought in mind, using brushes and rollers. Then look at the colours and forms and find the faces or figures in them.
In this series there emerged all sorts of figures, birds, strange creatures and faces. I used pencil or pen to just highlight the forms.
The brain is wired to see faces, so they often come first, it seems almost miraculous when looking, finding other figures arising when moments before it was just a mass of colours. It is a particular way of looking, relaxed and not forced in any way, allowing the eye to travel across the page, and not all forms arise straight away.
These particular pieces have a folk tale sense to me. I will be continuing to work this way for a while.
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