2013 This work was commissioned for the exhibition Ian Milliss, Notes on the Works at Artspace, Sydney Australia

 As Per Instructions I, 2013, canvas paint and nails, 200 x 300 (h) x 70(d) cm

An survey exhibition of the work of Ian Milliss, Notes on the Works included my work As per Instructions I. In his multi part exhibition, the artist Ian Milliss included a series of instructional works which had been made and remade by others over the years of his practice. The Instructions to me for this work were relatively simple - I was to use strips of canvas, 200mm or so wide and what ever length I wanted, make them whatever colour I wanted and nail the strips to the wall in whatever way I wanted.

My work As per Instructions I, is a visualisation within the instruction I was given of the typical pattern formed by eight drops of blood falling from a height of one metre. in this visualisation the eight drops of blood have slid down the wall and onto the floor. The work as well has slid down the wall and onto the floor. The work has not followed the instructions and it was always very likely that it wouldn’t