'reboot drawing 2-8-2023', 2023. Ink and gouache on paper, 29.2 x 37 cm.
'reboot drawing 23-04-2022', 2022. Ink and gouache on paper, 20.8 x 29.5 cm.
'reboot drawing 28-10-2021', 2021. Charcoal and gouache on paper, 29.7 x 40.8 cm.
'reboot drawing 10-9-2021', 2021. Ink and gouache on paper, 28.5 x 40 cm.
'reboot drawing 30-3-2021', 2021. Ink and gouache on paper, 29 x 41.8 cm.
'reboot drawing 23-10-2020', 2020. Ink and gouache on paper, 20.7 x 29.5 cm.
'reboot drawing 9-10-2020', 2020. Ink and gouache on paper, 20.7 x 29.5 cm.
'reboot drawing 1-10-2020', 2020. Ink and gouache on paper, 20.7 x 29.5 cm.
'reboot drawing 13-12-2019', 2019. Ink and gouache on paper, 22.8 x 40.7 cm.
'reboot drawing 18-12-2019', 2019. Ink and gouache on paper, 29.7 x 40.7 cm.
'reboot', 2019. Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm.
'reboot drawing 23-7-2019', 2019. Ink on paper, 14 x 19.5 cm.
'reboot drawing 27-7-2019', 2019. Wax oil pastel and acrylic on paper, 35 x 50 cm.
'reboot drawing A4 1', 2019. Wax oil pastel and oilstick on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm.
'reboot drawing 20-8-2019', 2019. Ink on paper, 20.9 x 29.4 cm.
'reboot drawing 21-9-2019', 2019. Ink on paper, 35 x 50 cm.
'reboot drawing 22-10-2019', 2019. Ink and acrylic on paper, 50 x 70 cm.
Installation view, 'reboot' and 'reboot drawings', Exhibition of Works 2019.
Reboot
The design for this ongoing series stems from
40,000 year old scratchings on a piece of carved stone found in the Blombos cave in South Africa. It may be
one of the earliest known pieces of art or it may be a form of tallying.
Using this as a starting point, I wanted to explore the feasibility of engaging afresh with such ancient mark-making. This is a selection of works relating to that "starting from scratch” undertaken knowing full well that such a thing is utterly impossible.