Paradise Lost III (from the series 'Our Dark Materials') hypha-marble-arch Entire sections are deliberately removed

Entire sections are deliberately removed

but it didn’t quite work

pastel palette of purples

and forests exist side by side

Paradise Lost III (from the series 'Our Dark Materials') hypha-marble-arch Entire sections are deliberately removedParadise Lost III (from the series Our Dark Materials) has emerged from a deeply felt, expressive application of polymer plastic and oil paint. It is third in a series of tondo paintings on board. The round format suggests the experience of viewing through a lens, perhaps that of a microscope, focussing on a fragment from a familiar landscape; or, by contrast, a view of an ancient planetary continent distant in time and space. It is my hope that this