Acrylic mixed-media painting on box canvas
50cm x 50cm
framed
Mixed Messages
Mixed Messages is a painting from the Second Nature series that concerns the landscape as a personal space through which I seek to explore themes of society, self and change.
The collection itself reprocesses the 27 years I spent in the newsroom at the London Evening Standard. It examines the noise of constant (often quite negative) information present in society and juxtaposes it with vibrant explorations of feelings.
Formed from many layers of mixed-media collage and acrylic paint, Mixed Messages is a key piece in the collection.
The painting deconstructs and pieces back together my work as a journalist — and employs collaged newspaper cuttings from stories that I’ve either written or sub-edited.
This action replicates my former role by editing what does and doesn’t make it to the canvas.
