Jimi Hendrix was an innovative musician and performer who had a profound influence on the music scene in the late 60’s. His reputation soon spread, and the rock elite, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, The Stones and Beatles amongst others, all flocked to see him perform in the London clubs and theatres. Hendrix was of mixed black and Cherokee Indian descent, an enigmatic, exotic figure whose musical origins were firmly rooted in the American blues tradition. For the young white musicians, he was the ‘real thing’. 

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  The figures on environmental destruction and extinction quoted by the artist Mark Dion were the initial catalyst for this work. Further research revealed the alarming rate at which insects and other invertebrates were becoming extinct. I discovered Internet sites that dealt in vast numbers of insect specimens, these often arranged as symmetrical patterns in tawdry box frames. It saddened me that such beautiful creatures were disappearing at such a rate, many killed simply for display as novelties. Some of these species will be lost forever. Read the rest of this entry »

Butterfly Effect – Hendrix in London, 1967. 86×60x6cm
Birch-ply, balsa wood, polystyrene, velvet, silk, metal-leaf, ink-jet decal, acrylic, Canford card, spray paint, clay and found objects.

Knights Errant – Hysterical Romance series, one of six figures. 160×60 cm

Wadded textile, Canford card and wire on a wooden armature.

An image that I may use as a basis for a larger painting or collage.

A simple idea, but it appealed to me, reminiscent to me of Grant Wood’s ‘American Gothic’ .

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