I must concede that responding to his paintings
remains quite challenging - (particularly in connection with the issue of
repetition .....but this is perhaps inevitable!)
Each new drawing becomes a problem to solve. Although
I am not not working directly from actual objects,there has been an emerging
concern with what perhaps might be referred to as 'visual / pictorial
mechanics'.My drawings are an attempt to deal with both shape and
form.Decisions concerning potential tonal relationships emerge during their
making,gradually exposing and revealing structure.
Continued on John's page
