graphite, putty eraser, wax crayon & watercolour/30x20cm
Another found 'roadkill' object &, thus, another representation processed in the form of a watercolour drawing, the predominant preferred media combination of recent developments.
Continuing the formal dialogue between horizontal & vertical elements, which, making reference to the tarmacked road surfaces - & a particular local feature thereof, which affords the utilization of tonal subtleties - upon which the objects are habitually found, complement both each other & the sequence of diagonal folds into which the represented object has been reformed (the whole performing a playful little homage to Cubism, of which the 'roadkill' objects might be proposed & regarded as being 'readymade' examples, this specifically a particularly fine one, by way of further art-historical reference).
Also making a return as a compositional element in this watercolour is the formal device of an outline of the 'roadkill' object, a second representation, as habitually featured in the 'diptych' series of drawings, which, in this instance, functions also as a visual reference to the occasional positional movement of some of the 'roadkill', as found on consecutive encounters & photographed accordingly (please refer to previous entries for such documentary evidence).
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