The Fleet (2013)
The River Fleet was physically mapped through earth, water and rock when I journeyed along its course this February.
A mixture of cycling, walking and swimming along, and in the Fleet (yes, at 3°C it was more of a plunge than a true swim) but allowed a full engagement of a less likely path thorough London.
A nod to Tom Bolton’s (2012) London’s Lost Rivers – A Walkers Guide, (Strange Attractor Press, London) for his invaluable insights and weaving mapesque drawings. I couldn’t have done it without you Tom, what a book!
These items were collected and a painting made. This abstract mapping or drawing is one of many possible summaries of that path.
Love Birds V (2013)
Re-Installed
(Oil on Canvas)
Love Birds is an ongoing series of repeat installations that navigate a new space each time they are exhibited. For the Shoreditch Town Hall show the pieces were buzzing around a door way interacting with each other and the material of the debris wall itself.
Finally Knowing Venice (2013) This painting is an abstract mapping of a journey that led me to Venice. It comprises of earth pigment from Italy and rocks collected from the landscape through which I travelled from the UK, FR, CH and IT. The rocks form a cairn a a way marker. Traces of cadmium orange float throughout the piece, so visible some not and a piece of Venetian marble is labelled and loiters within the make-up of the work.
Knowing Venice is a reflection of IF It Was Easy It Wouldn’t Be hard, 1,416miles cycled by push bike.
Sam Mould Painting 