“As an artist In my hometown Southend on sea,walking was an outside pursuit”. and took me to travelling in Europe Mexico and Ecuador.

Now in London I walk thru an architectural  wonder, attracted to its hidden language.

My work considers Dystopia within contemporary urban environments....the physicality and materiality, of experimental mark making.

Looking at residues, hidden languages hunting magic a chance encounter found within the environment - whether urban or nature...Where travel walking is the experience, of physicality touching that which consists of working in open spaces, where thinking through drawing translates into Urban Calligraphy.

"Glen Paul Mendes ( The Urban Shaman ): When Glen walks the inner city and natural Landscapes it is as a form of ritual research,

Glen record's retranslating into sketches and photographs the lines he finds on walls, roads, and tunnels  a "hidden dialogue" is revealed the place. His "walk" is an act of deep listening and observation. His abstract paintings, often made on-site, are direct translations of the urban landscape's energy, serving as anthropological discourse."