Into the Light: Joan Doerr

“I am inspired by many things; old maps, faded shop signs and street signs from days of old; shadows, old buildings-including ones in the process of demolition. Also shapes, colours, textures. It can be something that I spot when I’m out and about or something I see on television or in a magazine. I just get a good feeling about it and want to record it in my sketchbook. Sometimes the thing I am most enthusiastic about will only appear in my work a few times yet something I am not as sure about can become a firm favourite. There are so many artists whose work I admire; Cy Twombly, Prunella Clough, Richard Diebenkorn to name but a few.”