My plan is to do a monthly post with old work from the archive. Here is the first of these.

It is a piece I came across in an old sketchbook.  I was staying in a caravan in Cornwall, reflecting and making work. I found a snail shell tucked in a corner under a cupboard. Found spiral shells carry symbolic meaning for me and this one became a personal talisman for a time. 

I improvised with materials I had to hand - gouache, paint, PVA glue and white powder paint. There is a gold thread tracing a spiral from periphery to centre. If you look closely you might be able to make it out.