Author: poodle

Photography

Posted by poodle on Jul 10, 2013 in Tools

My Canon Ixus 500 HS is an indispensable tool in my kit. It’s a new acquisition and designed for the hopeless amateur photographers like me. It’s a simple point and click digital camera and yields a very acceptable image, for my purposes. I use it to record visual snippets during days out of the studio which […]

Monumental Art

Posted by poodle on Jun 22, 2013 in Influences

I have long been intrigued by the notion that art doesn’t have to be large in scale to be monumental in feel and that small-scale objects or pictures can pack a hefty punch. Never to be forgotten was a small, compelling painting which I saw at the BP Portrait Award 2011. It was Tomas Georgeson’s […]

Artistic Influences

Posted by poodle on Jun 10, 2013 in Influences

The work of many different artists is inspirational at particular times, depending on what aspects of process, technique or subject I’m grappling with at the time. Here are a few recent favourites: W. Barnes-Graham, William Scott, Egon Schiele, Magritte, Howard Hodgkin, Juan Gris, Morandi, Richard Diebenkorn, Peter Kinsey, Patrick Caulfield, David Hockney, Titian, Carravaggio, Luis […]

GRANDAD

1st April 2021

Another of the small sculptural heads I’ve recently completed, as part of the series exploring ageing. (16cm x 22cm x 15cm)

NANA

11th March 2021

HEAD OF A GRANDMOTHER

8th February 2021

ALL THAT FOLLOWS

28th January 2021

CORK,MATCHSTICK,PAPER: INSTRUCTIONS TO A SMALL BOY

10th January 2021

About the recent series

My recent series has been an exploration of old age and ageing called 'Age in the Frame'. Its source was both my own experience and recorded interviews with participants discussing their subjective accounts of ageing and their views of old age. See details in News and Posts to hear the recorded views of some of the participants, and see some of the images and sculptures in the series.

Working in paper

Paper is both fragile and robust; it allows for colouring, layers, accretions, excavation; it can be ephemeral or solid; stiff or sagging, it rustles, creaks, peels, tears; it’s enduring and ubiquitous; it can be challenging, frustrating, delightful and affirming. Not much different to the human spirit. And the introduction of spray-paint and wire adds another dimension to its character.

Deborah Ann