In my art, I like the idea of mixed media and am interested in collage and photo montage. It is used to great effect in Paul Caulfield's picture (below).
What I found interesting about Patrick Caulfield was that After Lunch is acrylic. I was very surprised as it looked so like a print! The colours were very clean and solid. I know this was an early work and that he went on to make a number of screen prints in a similar style.
This set me thinking again about my ideas of blur and focus to highlight the difference between inside and outside (inside a train carriage, outside a train carriage, inside commuter life, outside commuter life).
I could create a lino print of the interior of a train and then, like Caulfield, introduce an over-saturated image, a photo or similar, into the piece.
I've always liked the print (below). It hangs in my aunt's house. Today I discovered it was a lino print by Paul Catherall. I like how the colours work together, and the sharpness achieved by the solid colours. And taking the essentials of an iconic building such as Battersea Power Station and creating something similarly strong. The style seems particularly appropriate for the building.
