Lockdown 3
In early 2021 I moved to Chiswick, near the Thames. That Spring, as we struggled through the end of the third lockdown, blossom on the many cherry trees in the area lifted my spirits. I decided to explore collage as a way of escaping chocolate-box prettiness with a subject that could easily be saccharine. I became very attuned to choices of colour (sometimes hand-painting papers) and whether to cut or tear paper before sticking it down. In places I added a bit of pen for the very finest lines.