Artist Proof

A visit to Oaxaca is like immersing oneself in an abstract expressionist world - every vertical surface is covered in a patina of paint, layers of plaster, and papered graphics. It is a celebration of colour, texture and mark-making! In my photo series there are four close-up shots of a greater wall mural that incorporated paint, plaster and glued poster images over a textured surface. It is my attempt to record and represent the street scene’s cacophony of seemingly disparate colour, line, texture and form, that somehow, “hang together” in a collage-like composition. I endeavour to have these photos help inspire the same in my ceramics work.

four 8' x 10' photos, printed: Kauai Smooth Hot Press paper, mounted: 1" black wooden cradleboard