The Dancing, music and culture of the UK Northern Soul Scene has been for me a recurring subject for images expressing togetherness/loneliness, inclusion/exclusion. These works are also a commentary on a long-lived love affair with Black American Soul music. They are visual markers of exploration through 3 decades of music, dancing, people and places,.
Pastel On Canson paper. 75cm x 55cm. 2005. Drawn 'live' on location at 'New Century Soul' Rare Northern Soul All-Nighter Queen's Hall, Stoke On Trent. Reworked and finished in the studio.