Geisha 3 North East Scotland I was obsessed with Superman

I was obsessed with Superman comics and constantly copied drawings of him in flight

The 'cheeky’ face on the mug in this little arrangement seems to affect everything else in the painting

but it still has a habit of feeling different each time I come back to it

around that time of year

Geisha 3 North East Scotland I was obsessed with Superman20 x 20 cm This series of Geisha paintings began by chance, rediscovered while leafing through an old book during an attempted clear out. Inspired by the late Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro, the work quietly echoes the mood and sensitivity of his prints. Its less about costume or exoticism, and more about presence. About surface and pattern. About the fragile balance between stillness and performance the pause between moments