 Title: Towards Charroux Size: 40" X 36" Date: 2001 Medium: Oil on linen |
 Title: Still Life with Hydrangeas Size: 30" X 36" Date: 2001 Medium: Oil on linen |
Many times while I paint I feel like a conjurer, taking colour, mixing it, and applying it to a board or canvas. I am fascinated by the way a mark, which is expressive, can also be representational and how a gesture or density of paint can have duality.
At times I feel like I am composing a piece of music, with each mark a note. Adding, subtracting, enlarging, simplifying until harmony is reached. I am attracted to the mysterious and subtle. The play of light, colour and form of the three dimensional world is food for the visual appetite.
I attempt to achieve the recognizable but not the immediate, preferring the image to unfold and surprises to be found. Each painting has a strong relationship to the previous one and ideas develop and evolve as I am continuously challenged by the pursuit.