The Tabloid Paintings
An ongoing series of occasional paintings
where brush strokes meet typography
The Tabloid Paintings comprising The Oakham Sketch and Rutland Scenes aim to demonstrate my passion for both painting and typography. These paintings are an ongoing series which I produce occasionally. The selections will be added to and I also intend to develop more themes. The idea of combining brush strokes with words, printed or hand written, is not new. The Cubists were the first to do this, I believe. My interest in type and its application started when studying Graphic Design at Art College, which in turn lead to a career in publishing, designing magazines and newspapers. The ‘look’ of the written word is very important to me and it seems a natural progression to producing marks only, to combining the two elements in the one outcome. Using the concept of a fictitious newspaper front page provides the theme with paint and, sometimes, collage applied over.
There are a few paintings available for purchase in the current selections.
Click on the newspaper name to see the paintings in the series.
