1-4 Mixed media Drawing with cut out section, inverted and replaced then spliced


5-8 Painting on paper - masked taped center section and with tape removed


Work in progress - Studio shot - The first canvas with drawings.


Mixed media painting on paper, made using masks rather than cutting and/or splicing



9 -24 Stages and development of the 2 canvases in the series which went through extensive reworking. No2. becoming 'Passage (Deja Vu) and No.3 becoming 'Coming & Going'


9 -14 Canvas No.2 with mask

Canvas No.2 Early state

Detail of canvas No.2 showing colour bleeds at crossovers which prompted the decision to begin painting out the broad bands of colour

Painting out stage

A clear primer was put over the acrylic to be sure any bare patches of canvas were protected before applying a new set of broader lines in oil colour. The Final painting became 'Passage (Deja vu)'



15 - 24 Canvas No.3 Beginnings

Canvas No.3 Early state The center had become to dense, the whole painting was to heavy for my liking, it couldn't breath.

Reworking of Canvas No.3 First stages of painting out

Reworking Canvas No.3

Further reworking of canvas No.3

The second painting out stage with reworking beginning The central section has been enlarged slightly, allowing a little more space, the balance is improved.

Reworking towards resolution

Final revisions

Studio shot - Canvas No.3 becomes 'Coming & Going'

Detail