quayside construct: dry dock high
ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: portside blue
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: beached AB3
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: tiller blue
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: crabby landing
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: star of the sea
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: dry dock high
and dry
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm 2023
quayside construct: mooring
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: midnight blue
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: port side blue II
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: dock
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: blubell sea
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: red star white
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside construct: rudder red
Ink and oil pastel
360mm x 280mm
2023
quayside constructs 2023
During the pandemic, having the opportunity to make drawings on paper, using pencil, pen, ink, crayons, pastels and paint became a visceral source of relief from having to always engage digitally through platforms such as Teams, Skype, Zoom and WhatsApp. Lockdown thus became time for reflection and review. Daily walks across to the harbour and Tan Y Bwlch in Aberystwyth inspired a change in direction, in which flotsam and jetsam and the general paraphernalia associated with fishing boats enabled abstract compositions to evolve, later realized through lithography, drypoint and linocut.
This series of drawings made using ink and oil pastel, were thus inspired by rudders, gunwales, masts and rigging.