I'm still drinking the tea, and with that comes the works in tea.

In these recent pieces, tea is not so much the subject matter, as it is a material of choice, though still meaningful symbolically.

Images are printed onto teabags, and glued onto wooden canvases. The visual texture of the wood is still visible. The work can be painted and drawn into, which satisfies my long-held craving for manipulating the photograph.

I'm working towards a series of still-lifes using this process. It's satisfying to return to a photographic image, but also have a process full of potential in drawing and texture experimentation.

Patience, patience.