This abundance of fabric guaranteed a surplus of useable remnants. 21 years later and these classic offcuts from different series including Menu Boards, Chalk Boards, Aeroplane Jelly, Landscape and figurative works come out of storage to be given a new life as quintessential bags.
From the Small Stories series
Sequentially writing precedes painting, clarifying upcoming studio goals. Here a figurative painting is the starting point, a haiku poem follows in text board format to produce a diptych. The text in the haiku is often in reverse to blur the obvious and tease out the beautiful marks.
Label: Haiku #2
Style: Crossbody bag
Material: Recycled paintings
Internal pocket
Fully lined in Calico
Strap length: 111cm
Bag size: 35x32.5cm
The beginning of 2000 was a shift in focus from easel painting and return to a process started in Art College; the assemblage of paintings through stitching. These signature works required a disproportionate amount of combinable canvas and calico, all decorated with distinctive marks and surface treatment of cunningly conforming patterns, colours and imagery. This abundance of fabric guaranteed a surplus of useable remnants. 21 years later and these classic offcuts from different series including Menu Boards, Chalk Boards, Aeroplane Jelly, Landscape and figurative works come out of storage to be given a new life as quintessential bags.
