MOSAICS, mmmm…. They are like painting with shards of sunlight and rainbows and then they last – almost – for ever.
Most of my mosaics lean towards abstraction and derive a lot of their ideas from local art of Africa, aka The Rainbow Nation. They are my celebrations, they keep me connected and remind me of home and they make London more sparkly and warm.
In terms of approach, my mosaics are a bit like my paintings, with lots of experimentation, emotion and non-neatness. Some or the symbols and myths that I work with in my paintings come to life in my mosaics, perhaps more abstractly, but generate a different kind of viewing experience. |