This work is part of my Winter series, in which I try to impart some of my own feelings about the change in season, with shortening days and diminishing light, and relate this to general feelings about death and decay. I hope by my choices in colour, form and composition to imbue the work with a feeling of melancholy.
Faded Clematis, 15 x 11 ins (38 x 28 cms), ink and coloured pencil on bristol board,
And here are some of my sketches/photos used in preparing the work:
