FOREIGN SAINTS PART 1 RELIGIOUS REFERENCES IN MY ARTWORK OVER THE YEARS
PART 1 FOREIGN SAINTS 'Icon' 2017. Embossed metal. A LOOK BACK AT THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY IN MY ARTWORK. The icon of Saint Nikolaos has been in our family ever since I can remember. Printed in Athens in the 1950s, the original lithograph was framed by a tin overlay, which I replaced with an aluminum one, making sure to embellish and refine the original, shown on the Left. Foreign Saints I have recently added two new aspects to my practice: Firstly, I started to keep sketchbooks, which are chronologically curated. In other words, whereas in the past I just picked up whatever bit of paper and unfinished pad and scribbled in it, I now feel the need for linear progression and continuity. More of that later. The second was even more unexpected. I started to want to return and review or somehow even improve old work. Now, this is very odd for me, as I have always just moved on. Moved on at the rate of knots. Good ideas cam...