ĺRŌN-Black,White and Red'
Solo exhibition at Queens Park Gallery, Bridgetown. Barbados.
October 2015
Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media on canvas and paper.
October 2015
Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media on canvas and paper.
"Do not go quietly into the night ! " These are part of a series of 12 mixed media works. I used white crayon with water based ink and acrylic for a resist effect, some are collaged with torn up prints from my linocut production. Stenciled and printed with mesh they became denser and darker as I worked on them. The title is inspired by a Dylan Thomas’ poem: " Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light" |
Lorica “Lorica” originally meant “Breastplate”, a part of the armor of Roman Soldiers. It is also a chant of protection, as in ‘The Lorica of St Patrick”. I am exploring the Lorica concept in a series of mixed media works, ‘chants of protection‘ not for Soldiers or Saints, but for all of us, who are neither high nor low, just living souls in need of our own personal “Lorica”. |