upsidedownstampheadman

upsidedownstampman

This is an example of the work I've been making recently (summer 2007). These faces are drawings in marker pen on a sheet of stamps. I had first done a few of these in 2004 when I was working on the portraits using oil pastels and paint on wallpaper. I have bought some more sheets on Ebay recently and have started doing some more. I enjoy the interplay of the abstract purity of the whole sheet against the roughness and directness of the drawing; the defacement of the print by the graffiti-esque drawing. See also faces and drawings.
Justin Bailey artist • London, United Kingdom. www.ahumanbeing.com