All these Postcards were found in a local charity shop, both the sender and receiver are strangers to me.
"Easter. 1975. We went here on Good Friday. Really lovely. Mum and Pop."
Paris 1980 "...the crossing was very smooth we docked on dead on 4 o/c. Snow & fog greeted us, but the weather has been perfect since...Tonight we are in a campsite on the outskirts of Paris. Tomorrow we head for the South..."
THE HOUSE SEEN FROM ACROSS THE LAKE
Found postcards, all three caught my eye, out of a stack of many post cards. This process of selecting what interests you reminds me of the process of making paintings, the choices we make, and question what about the image we find interesting.
Ideas of location, history and travel have been surfacing in my work.
