Limited editions pander to an unhealthy and despicable mindset. All my work is now untitled and editions, unlimited. All these are on A4 office paper. Not acid free. About 80 gsm. Most, if not all, are hand-painted as well as transfer drawn, effectively making them original oil paintings.
Will the unprimed, acid laced and thin office paper survive the acidic paint? I have oil transfer drawings on such paper from ten years ago that look fine. Albeit kept out of sunlight. Not sure if they’ll still be fine in a hundred years. Not sure if AI will have invented a cure by then. They’re unprimed by necessity. Primed paper’s too insensitive. A lot of the oil is removed during printing, meaning they dry in days and I guess, subsequently have a longer life expectancy.
One is on the wooden board I was using for one of the colours. More of them to come. Virtually any non-MDF, A3 and larger scrap wood I come across walking round Muswell Hill is coming home with me now. Plenty of wealthy compulsive redecoraters round here. The Ron Throop writing inspired post-creation illustrations started a wooden board theme.
The tracing paper drawings are declared artworks in their own right.
Edgeworth Johnstone 