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A drawing consisting of abstacted forms and news cuttings

A drawing consisting of abstacted forms and news cuttings

A drawing consisting of abstacted forms and news cuttings

A line drawing in charcoal composed of abstracted forms

A line drawing in charcoal composed of abstracted forms

A line drawing in charcoal composed of abstracted forms

A black and white monotype composed of abstracted forms

A black and white monotype composed of abstracted forms

A small painting composed of abstract forms

A small painting composed of abstract forms

A small painting composed of abstract forms

A small watercolour composed of abstract forms

A charcoal drawing of a spiral staircase

A small painting of forms abstracted from plants, a bridge, and a coat and hat hanging from a peg

g of forms abstracted from plants, a bridge, hats, and leaves

g of forms abstracted from a curtain, a spiral staircase, a jacket, and a chair

A diptych composed of forms abstracted from curtains, a spiral staircase, and plants and a chair

A small painting of forms abstracted from two heads, a curtain, a bridge, coats

A large collage of painted papers composed from aabstracted forms based on street signage

A large paper collage of abstract shapes, based on a saxaphone and plants, on a painted field resembling water

Five charcoal studies of a sheep's skull

A black and white monotype composed of a sheep's skull and a manhole cover

A black and white monotype composed of a sheep's skull and a manhole cover

A black and white monotype composed from drawings of a bridge and an oak leaf

A black and white monotype composed from drawings of a chain and four four human hand prints

A black and white monotype composed from a drawing of a bridge

A black and white monotype composed from a drawings of part of a human verterbrae

A black and white mono-type depicting part of a human spine

A black and white monotype composed from a drawings of ring of rope and a wave of water

A black and white monotype composed from a drawings of ring of rope and a wave of water

A black and white monotype composed from drawings of four fish and a loaf of bread

A small painting of forms abstracted from a ship's stern and plants

A small collage composed of abstracted forms based upon a human skeleton and three leaves

A paper collage composed from a drawing of a ship's stern, an anchor chain, and waves

A paper collage composed of abstract shapes and a drawing of an octopus

A collage consisting of forms cut into paper of a plane tree leaf and a piece of twisted vine

A collage featuring abstracted forms based on blood cells, a ship's stern, an anchor chain and waves

A collage featuring abstracted forms based on a metal grille, and a leaf from a horse chestnut tree

A collage of forms based upon a serpent and waves

A collage of forms based upon a serpent and waves

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A small black and white painting of WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A charcoal drawing of an iron bridge and oak leaves

A charcoal line drawing abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A charcoal line drawing abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A charcoal line drawing abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A charcoal line drawing with acrylic paint, abstracted from observations of an iron bridge

A small painting on paper of an oak sapling on a field of engineered forms

A small painting of an oak leaf set against a trellis

A small painting of clematis set against a background of an iron bridge

A small painting of clematis set against a background of an iron bridge

A charcoal drawing of three links of an anchor chain and a totemic figure comprising pieces of rivetted iron

A charcoal drawing abstracted from an oak leaf, an iron bridge, and anchor chains

A charcoal drawing abstracted from an oak leaf, an iron bridge, and anchor chains

A charcoal drawing abstracted from an oak leaf, blood cells, and a piece of human vertabrae

A charcoal drawing abstracted from the engineered forms of a ship

A charcoal drawing abstracted from a piece of human vertabrae and iron forms

A charcoal drawing abstracted from the propellor and anchor chain of a ship

A charcoal drawing abstracted from the propellor and anchor chain of a ship

A charcoal drawing of a WW2 Royal Navy sailor surrounded by engineered nautical forms and an octopus

A charcoal drawing abstracted from observations of a girl playing a piano

A charcoal drawing abstracted from observations of a girl playing a piano

A charcoal and acrylic drawing abstracted from observations of a girl playing a piano

A black and white painting containing a partial portrait of a girl, a piano, a book, CCTV and a partly obscured Coca Cola sign

A black and white painting containing a partial portrait of a girl, a piano, a book, CCTV, surrounded by a a honeycomb pattern

A black and white painting containing two partial portraits of a boy and a girl. In the foreground there is a child's hand holding a stone painted with a sailing ship

A partial portrait of a girl set among patterned forms including a helix motif

A portrait of a teenage boy including abstracted forms based upon blood cells,leaves, and railings

A charcoal drawing comprising three images of a boy in freefall along with representations of knives, seagulls and rose plants

A charcoal drawing comprising three images of a boy in freefall along with representations of knives, seagulls and rose plants

A charcoal drawing comprising three images of a boy in freefall along with representations of seagulls, blood cells and engineered forms

A musician on a rooftop garden at night observes three tower blocks illuminated with images of Nazi propaganda

A man stands on the roof of a building staring at tower block displaying images taken from a Nazi propaganda film

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