Diorama (video 01:09)
diorama
/ˌdʌɪəˈrɑːmə/
noun
a model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures, either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit.
HISTORICAL
a scenic painting, viewed through a peephole, in which changes in colour and direction of illumination simulate changes in the weather, time of day, etc.
a miniature film set used for special effects or animation.
Big charcoal drawings from the 1980's
When I was studying at the Hornsey College of Art in the early 1980’s, I devoted most of the second year of my degree course to practicing the discipline of drawing. I was developing my understanding of structure, line, tone, light and shadow, learning how these things could fundamentally underpin the physical aspects of image-making and painting.
Five recent black and white photographs
Five black and white photographs taken within the last year.
Enter the Sixth Land
This painting is called Enter the Sixth Land. It is some kind of portal to the place I've described here. I painted it in 1991 during a very fruitful period when I was living a lonely life in a bedsit in Westbourne Park.
