For several years I travelled around the world with little more than a box of chalks making large scale 3D street drawings that wash away in the rain. Since the fires people have been asking – did doing all these ephemeral works prepare you in some way from the loss of your home and possessions in the fires?
For some time I’ve been interested in ephemeral art, and impermanence. I’ve always viewed the process of creation as more important than the final object – the journey more than the destination. I’ve also been interested in the alchemical nature of art – transformation – in the sense that something worthless might be transformed into something of value, or that loss might be converted into the impetus for creative action. There have been many changes in the evolution of my work over the years, and these shifts often relate to events in life. The loss of my home in the recent fires in Los Angeles has brought about another. The new work is a series of whimsical abstracts using discarded studio off-cuts with a vivid palate of spray paints on canvas.
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