This relatively large scale piece was made on several pieces of packaging card that were joined with tape. The edges were deliberately ripped to fit with the worn and weather beaten feel I was trying to project around this time. The elongated ‘H’ like structure of the piece is influenced by the bold brushwork of Franz Kline and by decaying machinery of Belfast’s industrial past. Figures can be discerned in the ambiguous black shapes in the central band.
John Macormac 
I really like this. It looks like ancient stonework of the entrance gates to an abandoned city. The painting is inviting me to walk towards the whiter “wall” at the centre back.
Thanks very much Katherine, that’s a very evocative description. I love to hear how people interpret my work.
I like how you have brought the reference to the shipyards, I think, into this, at least it reminds me of the Harland and Wolff crane thingy. Very powerful composition – it feels monumental.
Thank you very much Nicholas, I’m glad this reminds you of those famous cranes. I think they are a definite subconscious influence on my work, something I pass by most days.
This is a really striking work.
Thank you very much
This is beautiful John, don’t know why but I really like it
Thank you M, I’n very glad you like it. I often have a gut reaction to a piece of art and enjoy trying to unravel why.
It’s just beautiful – I want to open it up and walk inside!
Thank you very much Lesley Ann, very much appreciated!
Weather beaten feel has a quality it of being done by workers of a by gone industrial era, and then left behind in a now silent place, where machines have rusted, jammed in their disused state. In a way it reminds me a little of packing case art done by industrial workers, with the markings, cracks, and grooves. Top work..
Thanks very much Sean, that’s a very poetic and imaginative description. I think my own consciousness of Belfast’s once thriving now decaying industrial past seeps into my work.
Gorgeous composition, feels so atmospheric.
I just came across your blog and, already I know I’m going to Like everything you do! You have an incredible gift. Peace and be very blessed. Michele
Thank you very much Michele, your comments have definitely made my day! I’m incredibly honoured to have inspired you. All the best, John
John, you deserve it! All the best to you. Michele