Goldfish in Hong Kong

 

 Goldfish in Hong Kong.

Photo by Michael Murton

A photograph of goldfish in plastic bags hanging in a market in Hong Kong sent to me by a friend this week reminded me of some paintings that I did 10 or more years ago. It is an odd thing that when making work how old themes and ideas return, unbidden yet transformed into something visually new and different. I like the way that this somehow takes me by surprise.

 

 

 Husk.

 

The bag a throwaway, an insignificant thing drawing as much attention to itself as to the thing that it contains!