Swing

‘SWING’ AND ‘SILVER SCREENS’

The last two series in the progression of the book covers, built abstract constructions in space and linked both past book paintings with the next series’ (97-05) concerns.  The first set, ‘Swing’, breaks out from the patterns set in the Tapestry series.  The new arrangements create motion and movement with new shapes and duplication.

The second set, ‘Silver Screens’ has qualities of the silver ground, physical dimensions and 24 trapezoidal forms containing a cyclical progression of images, all invoking cinema.  The paintings’ titles borrow from movie thrillers while a Rorschach like composition feeds into the psychological undertone suggested by the work’s title.

‘Silver Screen’ was a transitional body of work, through the introductions of reflective grounds, mirroring, Rorschach like interiors and simultaneous contrast it led to the subsequent five series.