Paul places the glass plate over the print and manipulates the image by moving the paint while it is still wet, after which he hand paints further elements to add nuance and expression. He then adds a whole new level of impact with an innovative presentation, mounting the glass and the canvas a few centimetres apart. This allows light and space to influence both the colours on the surface and the graphic structures, and when the two surfaces are superimposed, a complex image emerges. In this way, by staggering the versions of the image, he transforms a two dimensional work of art into a three dimensional one.

Paul’s pioneering tributes to some of his favourite elements of popular culture are in great demand internationally and are held in many collections and public institutions. In 2006, the German government acquired the work ‘Berlin’ and he has exhibited in the Museum Abtei Liesborn (Warendorf, NRW) and in the world famous7-star Dubai hotel Burj Al Arab Jumeirah.

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