Miracles
The Miracles 'drawings' are inspired by recent events in the US and the imagined world of conspiracy theorists. They are painted with a graphite solution on paper. They mix footage of esoteric ceremonies with skies from Medieval Books of Hours. I was also returning in the landscapes to an older painting of mine, Cielo, which I felt I had never adequately explored. By coincidence, Cielo (from Cielo Drive, the scene of Sharon Tate's murder) means 'heavens'. Mr Punch and the devil make their appearance as maligne trickster characters. A few years ago a friend gave me Russell Hoban’s post-apocalyptic masterpiece Riddley Walker, in which the devil and Mr Punch appear as Mr Clevver and Punch (and Pooty).