Heads: works in progress

All works in progress:

Screenprint and freehand acrylic on canvas All A1 size

The image derives from self-portraits drawn from a mirror, and then reworked paintings onto acetate sheets. The acetates were transferred directly onto the silkscreen using a photo-sensitive emulsion. The acrylic colour backgrounds were applied through a worn, partially blocked screen producing a range of diagnostic marks and reflecting the weave of the cotton duck canvas. Details are picked out freehand with brushwork.

By using the familiarity of self-portraiture, I am free to concentrate here on a proliferation of surface mark-making achievable only with the medium of serigraphy.