Head and Stone. Push the paradigm as far as you can. But at the same time I hate 'art' that needs an essay to 'explain' it. Like the crack in the Tate floor. Post-colonialism my arse! #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mixedmedia #frustration #mycottenham

Stones Ready. A reaction to hearing of stonings of gays in certain parts of the world. The West may think it's in the 21st century, but much of the world isn't even out of the medieval! Just sayin.' #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Heterodoxy. A classical education is a beautiful thing! I like this juxtaposition. Sometimes I do not bother to rename an image and it ends with a number from the camera import. I need a secretary. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Close Reading. Mixed media on prepared paper. Lay awake thinking about the ethics of casual sex. I wonder sometimes who on earth is living in my head. Will tell you the practical results after the event. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #nostalgia

Whitby Abbey. The stones were beautiful as the sun descended. Film photo come across in a sort out. Some sparked sharp memories, some less so. Mexico particularly. Grim nws again from Iran. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #metaphorsaplenty #memory

Whitby. This place always reminds me of my father. We didn't get o, but it's too late now. I am saddened, but nothing can be done about that. Grey sky outside today. Much more typical. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #ferrisphotos #memory

Will add the last 3 after this tomorrow if I remember. The latter group are on an A5 sketchbook. I like working on black backgrounds. My Dad got me some big paper when I was in my early 20s. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #memory

You can see the title. Hope it doesn't offend. It is meant to explain the obsessions of the human race at the monet. Glass is see-thru and is NOT diamonds. The Mexican pantheon has a god of the last thing! #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Lipsync. The ink figures look like two diving figures; may be that I am thinking about the allegorical piece I want to work on. I am always fascinated by the way my own head works. Shower ina minute. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Going Caving. Sometimes there's a gap between getting most of the structure done and adding a male figure. Another similar one to be worked on over the weekend. I went potholing a fair bit, but we live miles away. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Echinoderm. And if anyone says Kusama, they'll get a slap. It'd be like claiming the influence of Guston if I used vermillion at all! This folder is called Holidays 2018. Not sure it is! Pizza packaging. #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Communal effluent. Just went to pick the last few blackberries before they wither. Scratched to buggery. Next door cut a swathe down, but left the clippings on the ground. Doubtless C being a nuisance? #theferrisfiles #mixedmedia #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty

Imprint. So you've had all 16 of this block. A tiny fossil cast. Better go and put on the oven for the bakers. This part is about my boyhood, its transience, set against the permanence of rocks. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #acrylicpainting

Droplet. I thought it might be amber when I picked it up. It wasn't. Semi-transparent, half chipped away. Am fighting the depression now. Will lose, I guess. The world just stinks. Sigh. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #acrylicpainting #mycottenham

Candy. I was thinking about all the artworks I've lost over the years: some unwisely given away, some thrown out by philistines; some destroyed by weather events like leaking garage roofs in a storm. Sad. #theferrisfiles #acrylcpainting #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham

Flint. There are a couple more, but will probably leave it there. Other platforms to engage with. I have no idea why I do; doesn't get me much further along! keeps me off the streets? Sigh. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #metaphorsaplenty #acrylicpainting

Split. This one IS a flint, that links me to Letchworth, the town we first moved to when I was 7, a wrench form the bungalow near my paternal grandparents. You can see why I picked this up. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #acrylicpainting #mycottenham #nostalgia

Swirl. claim there is no anchor or draw from Hartlepool and surrounding area, but Blackhall beach remains electric in my mind. If I had any success I'd return to collect more pebbles and place them in a vitrine. #theferrisfiles #mycottenham #acrylicpainting #metaphorsaplenty

Conglomerate. This is a manmade fragment lapped by the sea. So much industrial waste on the North-East coast. False beaches, chemical seep from copper and iron slag. Beautiful day outside. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #mycottenham #acrylicpainting

Eros. The support if Khadi paper (my fave), A5. This is a smaller find from inland. I understand Henry Moore's fascination with flints. My own Cabinet of Curiosities. #theferrisfiles #metaphorsaplenty #acrylicpainting #mycottenham #geology