These works on paper show the breadth of my mark-making activity. Using a brush made from my own hair or paying homage to the animal and insect kingdom, each image relates to the cycle of life and death. The hand-made brushes dictate the character of the marks I make and the final image produced. Even a feather can become the brush, often later woven into the surface of the painting.

 

 

My Hair as Brush at 42, sumi ink hair prints, marks and washes

A Brush with Death Series, Homage to a Pheasant, Homage to a Possum

A Brush with Death Series, Homage to a Praying Mantis 

Raven, Caterpillar, Dragonfly, insect sumi ink paintings

 Feather as Brush, a variety of feathers, paper, sumi ink and blue ink wash

Vertebrates Become Invertebrates, sumi ink, collage paper & prints