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                                                                  "Lost and Found"  oil and water on wood     72"x72"                    "Signal"             oil and water on wood         72"x72"

                                                 Fragmented narrative. Image, text, rythmn, pattern, morse code, semaphore, graffiti, haiku, mesostics, acrostics visual sound.

                                                                 the vertical and the horizontal, random and fixed patterns.  I collect photographs of badly made signs.    Although I have no particular

                                                               interest in horse racing, I like the surreal poetry of  racehorse names, which often spark  images and titles. The colour and patterns refer

                                                         simultaneously to, among other things:  military insignia, uniforms, old school ties, jockey silks, flags and bad TV  reception.