Book B

Speed Dating


Collaged or montaged pieces.

The choice of imagery is based solely on the quality of its detail and never on that which it may illustrate.
Anything representational is only selected for its tonal, linear, textural, colour etc. value, rather than for any meaning.
Of course, the spectator is invited to bring their own interpretations.
Should a juxtaposition of imagery reference the symbolic, it would only be for any playfulness through visual puns.
Placement of imagery, in terms of association, can provide a sense of scale, and with luck, contain a sense of the poetic.
At times, the differing nature of the collage, can provide a place for the eye to rest within a ‘moving’ composition and for a change in focus.
In producing my work, the reliance is heavily weighted to the phenomenon of synchronicity. At any given moment, the ‘right’ piece is at hand to create the necessary interplay of elements to complete the individual works.