John Workman

  • Lives and works in London
  • Recent exhibitions:
    Solo shows: Conductors' Hallway, 1996, London; The Vestry, 1996, London; DFWT Gallery, 1997, London.

    Group shows: London Transport, Shoe-String Gallery, 1997, New Jersey; Hapax/K-Pax, Danielle Arnaud, 1998, London; Psychiatry, Sun and Doves, 1998, London; Second Nature, Battersea Park, 1998, London; Animal Beauty, Danielle Arnaud, 1998-99.

 

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Dog painting on wallpaper 51 x 46 cm

I started painting on wallpaper one day in 1996, when I made a few sketches on some wallpaper remnants that were lying around the studio.  As soon as I looked at what I had done I noticed some kind of reaction going on between the sketches & the printed pattern.  Intrigued by this effect I began to recreate it deliberately, to see where it would lead.  It lead further than I thought.