David Mackintosh

David Mackintosh

I make all of my work very quickly, each drawing is made in seconds. I make a lot on A1 paper each time I work, and throw the bad ones away. The drawings that work best are those that have an economy of effort and a compositional balance that makes them work formally. If I go too far with a drawing to the point where any narrative becomes explicit or I end up drawing too much, giving too much information, this would not work, I want to suggest things but allow the viewer to fill in the gaps. In this sense my drawing are like signs, indicators of potential narratives. I stand up when I work with the paper flat on a table. I like to use a brush because of the variety of marks I can make with one implement. Paint allows me to work very quickly, I want to produce each drawing with a haiku like economy.