CLIP STRIP
1978-79

The intention was to cover the whole surface with a dense layering of colourful comic clips. I then painted a dense linear grid over selected areas and the result was shown as a work in progress in the 1978-79 Arts Council Tour with Ronnie Forbes.

In opening up the painting again, I started to erode the areas of grid with the cream ground and increased the "Men Only" references. Fragments interest me more than the whole image.

See Essays section, "In the minds Eye" Euan McArthur 1996.

acrylic on canvas
72" x 64"
184 x 162cms