Reworking old work is a great lesson in self-destruction #nohomo #art #collage

Often when I’m creating work it’s in an absolute frenzy. I’m slapping on glue and paper, getting bits stuck to my face, the hairs on my hands become stuck together like childish dreadlocks. Then, once I’m done, I’m done. I don’t touch the thing again. Last weekend though, I went back inside the studio after not being in there a couple of weeks – and … Continue reading Reworking old work is a great lesson in self-destruction #nohomo #art #collage

Ray MondeMarch 23, 2015March 23, 2015Leave a comment

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Sometimes you need to launch a surprise attack #art #collage #caddyshack #poolscene

A few weeks ago, this was the disaster I was facing. Beneath this mess of gesso and paint and scribbles is another collage of a bathtub that wasn’t working – with a stupid weeble launching itself in from the left, that looked far too much like a penis. Then I tried to salvage it with a large yellow rubber duck which you can kind of … Continue reading Sometimes you need to launch a surprise attack #art #collage #caddyshack #poolscene

Ray MondeAugust 1, 2014Leave a comment

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These portraits made of #Lego are strangely compelling

Waking the streets of beautiful Bath on a family outing, we stepped from the sunlit streets into the Victoria Art Gallery where the Bath Society of Artists were holding their 109th Annual Exhibition. The walls were packed with art, sometimes three works high, like some great Victorian parlour. There were some expected works but the stand outs for me were these simple works by David … Continue reading These portraits made of #Lego are strangely compelling

Ray MondeMay 16, 20142 Comments