recognisable and distinct. These were not separate from the rest of the image and they seemed to flow out of the abstract morass.
Ajanta. Felt Pen drawing on paper 120 cm x 180 cm. 2000
Since completing these drawings, I have made work that uses the collection more directly, with the photographs becoming a part of the work rather than just a starting point. I carried out a series of explorations into how the collection could be use to generate work about the relationship between memory and photography. Starting by drawing directly onto the enlarged photographs, I used the same overlapping technique as described above. This way of working made more obvious the source material used to make the drawings and at the same time retained the idea that the image was in some way being erased and fragmented. I saw this as being linked to the way our autobiographical memory works, with some things being very clear while are hazy and indistinct. But although I was partly satisfied with this way of working, the drawings still had an ambiguity that for me was unsatisfactory.
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