About

These drawings are based on images of unknown people (unknown to me), who were photographed, mostly in Germany, in the 1930s and 40s, who’s photos found their way into my hands via a second-hand shop in Cliftonville, Margate (my home town). I’ve found them all separately and at different times, and I have no reason to suppose that any of these people knew each other.

Each drawing is repeatedly re-worked over the course of months and sometimes years. None of my drawings are ever really finished. These are drawn with points of silver wire and with needles, scalpel blades and sandpaper on to a …