Painting

This new body of work predominately though not exclusively paintings was made in response to the Storyville Portraits. The little known photographer E.J. Bellocq’s Storyville portraits are a series of photographic portraits of sex workers in New Orleans red-light district, circa 1912, rediscovered (& reproduced) by Lee Friedlander & exhibited in MOMA in 1970.A key question…

Watercolours The watercolours are more akin to drawing than painting. They are made usually in relation to pen and ink drawings, sometimes a series emerge from one drawing. Others are purely subliminal and a response to the process of paint spilling on the paper or to the colour. Often the motifs are carried throughout different…

About the Project Beggars teeth is a collective art project involving the artists Fiona Robertson, Steven Anderson and Carrie Skinner. The project culminates in a series of events including Painting, Performance and Discussion held at the in Glasgow Project Room 29.04.17 – 06.05.17. The title – Beggars Teeth – is taken from a quote by…