Sean Worrall - Flesh Layers on Turner - acrylic, ink, gloss varnish, on found book, 19x25cm (2026)
One of three rather beautiful rather yellowing art publications that date from 1953. The three unwanted books were being thrown away at the end of a flea market in East London: Turner, Constable and Rembrant, three publications from the Parents National Educational Union (London), and, as was the case with the other found books that have been painted on so far in this (ongoing) series. they couldn't just be left to go into landfill. The three books, each one 19x25cm, were all painted on and drawn on at the same time. The book is still readable, the inside is all intact, 36 pages on the life of the painter J.M.W. Turner as well as five coloured plates. The now seventy year old publication has seen better days, the pages are all delightfully intact, rather yellowing and slightly musty (that adds to it if you ask me).
I've painted on the front paper cover, acrylic, ink, gloss varnish, signed with an 's' on the front and signed in full on the inside, there's a short note about it on the inside back cover.