Simon Hart
"I would best describe my work as mixed media collage. I start by creating coloured grounds and textures on paper with acrylics, using a variety of other techniques including monoprint and block printing to produce extra elements. The main background is then painted onto board using various mark making tools such as rollers and scrapers . I then begin the collage process, cutting out strong shapes in the composition , slowly building up layers, sticking down as I go along, adding more detail and finally finishing the piece with oil pastels to create highlights and sandpaper to soften some of the edges."
