Drawings

Drawing:

• To cause to move in a given direction or to a given position, as by leading
• To take or pull out
• To bring about deliberately, to provoke or elicit a response
• To extract or take for one’s own use
• To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines

I’m not sure any of these dictionary definitions hold true for these drawings . It’s more like mining, with filth and mess and water, and crawling around on hands and knees, ‘digging’ back down to the surface (of the paper) to find the seam that will yield an image.

Mostly based on places in and around Nottingham, these images throw up black, solid obstacles; put barriers in your way and only brief glimpses of light and exit.

Do you feel trapped and do the escape routes lead anywhere that might give you some space?