I’m nearing the completion of the next piece in the General Order of Anxiety series. The title will be ‘The General Order of Anxiety: Love’ and this one takes from the drawing ‘Animal Study VI’.
It’s the first time one of my drawings has informed a painting….that’s kind of odd isn’t it? I think it’s also pretty informed by inszenierungen; mise-en-scène (clearly this is not the type of thing one speaks english for). There’s a lot of *nature*. Architecture too, but a lot of colourful flora and shrubberies…and of course the fauna! Always my little fauna…I think people might feel differently about this one. I can see that the excess of plantlife might put off some people who are attracted to the architectural element of my work. Sometimes I feel as though I am–on a certain level–trying to bring my work as close as I possibly can to the kind of kitschy, mass-produced, sentimental nature prints that I abhor and still make it good. Clearly the masochist in me. So what I’m saying is: I can imagine that I may with this painting have gone too far that way for some people who’ve stayed with me to this point….
Hopefully it will be done and an image posted in a month or so–just in time for Valentine’s Day…..well at least my animals have a valentine, sheesh…..