untitled painting in blue Painting

I have a keen interest in graffiti and street art, although I practice neither of these. I find myself drawn to decaying matter, especially building materials such as metal and concrete. This includes deteriorating paint, sprayed or brushed that is fading; disintegrating on weather damaged concrete surfaces. These things inform my work. The work is a contemplation/meditation on the deterioration of mark making over time, the instability of the solid, the fading away of the painted image and with it the memory of that image. In my work I am concerned with the struggle to grasp the ghostly image that comes with fading memory. The painting has been made by firstly brushing on a background, of rough composition ideas, in acrylic, then placing the card carrier on the floor. A brush being loaded with paint and then tapped gently above the canvas to give a spray effect; the surface becoming made up of small dots and splashes of paint giving some surface texture; although this is quite minimal as the paint is heavily thinned. Layers of paint are applied one at a time; wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry, and each layer of varying tonal strengths to the last, depending on texture and visual effect desired. Some spray can paint has been used. Painting is signed, dated and titled on rear.