Piranesi's Prisons

Etching is usually off my radar, but the Morandi show has reminded me about it. Today, I will show you a couple of prints from my favourite etcher, Piranesi. They are taken from a series of imaginary prison scenes and for me the tension between organisation and chaos therein still echoes across the ages. The tumbling light still shows in my own work and I think the almost organic quality of the buildings may provide the solution to the problem I raised in my "Edges" post. I will try it in the paintings I am currently sketching towards - two underground car parks between here and Staines.