Driftwood Art
"Washed up on Guernsey" driftwood collage
Washed up on Guernsey
“I am fascinated by pieces of worn driftwood and the secrets they hold, lying on the shore of a beach or wedged behind the rocks. Fragments of wood with faded and chipped layers of paint – do they come from a long forgotten and once loved boat or an old piece of furniture? What purpose did they serve before finally coming to rest on a windswept beach? What stories they could tell if they could speak…
‘Washed up on Guernsey’ is made from pieces of wood collected along Ladies Bay and L’Ancresse. The individual quirky shapes and characters are put back together like an abstract jigsaw puzzle and brought back to life to create a picture of a typical Guernsey harbour scene which may have been part of their past.
The wood is kept as simple and natural as possible with minimal addition of paint. This, both to respect the natural shaping of the wood by the sea, and to reflect the naïve and childlike style of the picture”.
‘Washed up on Guernsey’ is made from pieces of wood collected along Ladies Bay and L’Ancresse. The individual quirky shapes and characters are put back together like an abstract jigsaw puzzle and brought back to life to create a picture of a typical Guernsey harbour scene which may have been part of their past.
The wood is kept as simple and natural as possible with minimal addition of paint. This, both to respect the natural shaping of the wood by the sea, and to reflect the naïve and childlike style of the picture”.
driftwood harbour
