Tried a new technique today to allow more light to bleed through the watercolour paper – enabling me to select more transparent areas and describe light shapes – decided to make this ‘bulb’ light box – MOTHS – which appear as the bulb is switched on. This slideshow requires JavaScript. #lightbox #art #carnegriffiths #leytonstoneartstrail #Anitgonish #lunalounge #light #artwork #AutomaticDrawings

Taking inspiration from the well-known poem by Hughes Mearns Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away… A series based on our curiosities.. Victoriana – the unseen, secrecy and  obsession. This slideshow requires JavaScript. #lightbox #art #carnegriffiths #Sketches #Anitgonish #lunalounge #drawings #PenampInk #Carne #paintings #light #artwork #AutomaticDrawings

I have been fortunate enough to secure the Luna Lounge venue for the Arts trail in Leytonstone which has distinct advantages for the lightbox work I am now producing – Firstly there are 3 or 4 large scale lightboxes already installed on the walls of the Luna Lounge which I can slip work into and secondly the lighting is perfect for seeing through the postcard boxes.  I have now constructed 3 new lightboxes to house the postcard project and am embarking on a series of work exp