Surface Depth

Back out into the fresh air of the big, wide world (albeit ignoring the sights in favour of a spot of shoegazing) after the studied intensity of the fruit-scented environment of the still life arena &, on the local mean streets, more ‘roadkill’ objects to be found, not least this example, just so, photographically framed, upon a section of the double black lines exhibiting quite extensive evidence of wear & tear, the surface deterioration of the more recently-applied markings allowing ‘archaeological’ access to the underlying, original yellow paint, in its turn breaking up the otherwise grey monochrome of the overall picture plane of the tarmac & superimposed painted lines, also relating in terms of colour to the gold on the surface of the flattened can…



A little further along the course of the homeward perambulations, along the same stretch of road markings, more evidence of significant, noteworthy surface disintegration could be observed, again disrupting the integrity of the monochrome & adding a little colour to the pictorial whole as framed…