I’ve become fascinated with the history of how colour is produced for  both film and painting since learning about the limited supply of colour film  (I am still waiting for an order of colour film I placed in May)  and certain pigments particularly ultramarine which inspired the creation of beyond the sea an ongoing series of digitally painted photos.  Whether it is a limit of raw materials or a supply issue I’m not entirely sure though  it has sparked an interest and i’ve been doing lots of experimenting and research and have lots more ideas using light, dyes inks and pigments.

Verdigris Tree is an exploration into the history of the colour green. The production of the colour green has a fascinating history and all sorts of toxic materials were used initially including arsenic to create different hues of green. Another e ne of the original green pigments was also made from  the oxidisation of copper when it turns green. The  transformation of this process interested me and   prompted me to create this piece  I documented the change of colour  with this amazing product that transforms into the beautiful verdigris green  over a few minutes and of course made a video to accompany the image which can be viewed by viewing the image of Verdigis Tree on a computer and viewing the QR code on your phone which will bring up the instagram filter effect that is activated by the image of of the Verdigris Tree to view the video.

..  The piece was initially created for the  theme renew for a group exhibition – which didn’t actually transpire as I got the cut off dates wrong and missed the deadline. I did however enter it into the photo access art prize .

I’ve created a few other pieces inspired by colours and pigments currently using natural dyes and inks . I’m currently enjoying going with the flow and discovering and experimenting and learning while creating