'Cocksfoot, meadow foxtail, yorkshire fog'. Some names of the hayfield grasses relate to their visual appearance - and some to what they do, 'quaking grass,creeping bent, wavy hairgrass'. Some sound shakespearean - 'sweet vernal grass', and some a puzzle - where does 'Timothy' come from?
At this time of the summer they change from green to tawny to ochres, their seed heads waving at the margins of the fields against the dark brambles and hedges.
I make monotypes using a roller to simplify the shapes of field, dark clumps of trees, and sky. Its possible to scratch into the ink to create texture, to use oil pastel,collage and overprint- all these methods I want to experiment with.
For now I paint the simple shape of cocksfoot in gouache in the foreground -
A new moth has appeared! Against the backgrounds of some monoprints of the streambed I printed a moth from an old collograph, its dark wings set against the grainy textures in semi camouflage-
A collograph is a print made from a low relief surface with various textured objects glued on- found objects,sand, wallpaper, string etc-
The original moth collograph was based on a real one but has now transformed into a moth symbol -
A lament- where are they all?
Just three weeks away from the start of Open studios so framing and planning preparations are in progress. Come and visit me in the wagon ! Prints, paintings, cards will all be available to buy...
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