I was asked to submit paintings for a Halloween ritual to celebrate Samhain, a pagan festival that coincides with the start of winter. Using edible materials and my tongue as a painting implement I made the following four paintings. They are painted on linen, but made with saffron, beetroot, sweet potato, wine, blackberry, elderflower and […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
The following 24 paintings are a selection of smallish paintings (30 x30 or 40 x 40cm) on linen. Each is a response to the ambient phenomena of that time of year. Painted in mixed media (oil; acrylic; beetroot; wine and saffron) applied with parts of the body (calf, palm, tongue, thumbs) as well as implements […]