Completed Painting: 'Untitled (From The New School) 2'

'Untitled (From The New School) 2', Acrylic & Paper Collage On Panel,
30 cm X 30 cm X 106 mm, 2017

Here's the second in the 'From The New School' series of small panels.  The rationale behind these can be read here.  suffice it to say, this new one already shows a small degree of controlled evolution, in terms of handling and media.

'Untitled (From The New School) 1', Acrylic On Panel, 30 cm X 30 cm X 106 mm, 2017

At a time when my creative energies are diffused  across numerous projects, these are providing a pleasing diversion into methodical, small-scale painting.  Everything here is very deliberate and controlled - not least the recourse to the purpose-generated collage elements.  It's all something of an antidote to the  painterly freedom and random collaging of last year's 'Vestige' paintings - even if the recourse to overall formal geometry is still evident.

'Vestige 3', Acrylics, Paper Collage, Ink & French Polish On Panel, 60 cm X 60 cm, 2016