Original acrylic painting and stencil on paper 
Unique

Image size: 760 x 140 mm
Paper size: 760 x 140 mm

This work is currently only available framed.
This artwork comes with a free copy of the accompanying book 'A Common Place', which includes reproductions of all the artworks and poems created for the project

John was paired with Sue Burge for the Common Place project.

The Pier by Sue Burge

the pier knows the bite of barnacle

panicky flutter of caught seaweed

he shrugs off gull snarl

holds his underbelly low

for waves’ rub

the pier loves the foxtrot beat

of tourist feet

after storms his skin flakes

like an old snake

sometimes the moon teases -

pulls at the secrets locked

in his iron heart

& the pier remembers 

his first kiss