David Rhodes' drawings are apparently simple, but draw together a complex web of associations and allusions; they have obvious affinities with the tradition of later 20th century painterly abstraction, but they are also about the process of drawing, and demonstrate complex spatial relationships by means of a subtle and seductive use of colour. Some make explicit references to pattern and decoration and in his own writings Rhodes has used terms such as 'weave', 'knot' and 'layering' to describe both the process and the resulting image.

These drawings also have an obvious analogy to networks and maps. Rhodes is an inveterate traveller, who thinks a great deal about the links between places, and the elliptical process of re-visiting and returning. The titles chosen for this sequence of drawings [see also 'Blink', E.914-2002] relate specifically to the passage of time, to interval, repetition and reiteration - here the drawing comprises only three overlaid loops of colour, suggesting a lapse of time between events/journeys. It may be pertinent that the artist has lived for extended periods in Venice, a city which is peculiarly constructed as an intricate tracery of overlapping loops of water and of streets and bridges; he revisits it regularly and finds it a constant source of solace and of inspiration.