BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN SERIES 2008

Born from the R.S. Portrait, this series of works continue the same enquiry and draw from the ephemeral lines of connections between people. Originally the work began in the USA and then travelled on to be painted in the UK. The whole period that the works were developed up to being completed took over two years. Made from a super saturated salt solution and combined with human blood, as the paintings dry they encase within the salt crystalline surface the genetic history of the human. In an arcing curve the works go from a radical change to a slow and progressive change in colour, starting from a dazzling brilliant scarlet red when the blood is still alive and wet, to deep crushed reds, blues and blacks as it dries out and mixes with the air.