'Black Beach' 60x60cms oil on wood 1991
It's about time I put a painting up - 'Black Beach' won Second Prize at the Hunting Art Prizes, back in 1991, presented by Sister Wendy. The painting went to Australia shortly afterwards, one of the girls who worked in the Mall Galleries where the exhibition was shown. If you are out there please get in touch. Still looks strong, one of my best pieces, I worked on it for nearly a year. Every mark belongs, a still centre, almost a still-life in a landscape. Beautiful blacks, all made. Innovative - I remember cutting and rolling/removing paint around the edges to make the frame- obviously influenced by Howard Hodgkin. In the Observer, critic Brian Sewell commented that the painting 'looked like the tarred surface of a London street'. Still not sure if that's a compliment!