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Experiments and finished work.

Next week I begin another residency in the beach hut at Lyme Regis in Dorset.  I will be joined throughout the week by other artists also taking the opportunity to carve out some focussed time in a specific place and to see what they can learn or discover about their practice. I am busy planning materials and threads of thought to follow and interrogate and prominent in my studio as I gather equipment are these four little studies made after my last visit to the area.  Layering up mixed media (charcoal, acrylic, ink and oil pastel) and developing on site drawings into paintings, I used colour and mixed with mediums I haven't touched for some time, ones that I am not currently comfortable with and actually I really appreciated the fresh perspective. I may not make work that looks like this next week, but I will think about lessons learnt, the freedom of play and the challenge of being outside my comfort zone. And so with beach huts plans and experiments I also present current finish

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