Painting and drawing, all forms of art are a response by the artist to what he or she sees and thinks.
When selecting work for this site and thinking about what characterises my ‘think’ and ‘see’ I thought of handwriting as an analogy - particularly mine.
Handwriting can vary from the quick, to capture a thought (communicative scrawl) through to ‘neat’ and on to ‘copperplate’ or perfectly formed.
This thinking is the principle behind which the work is organised:
- New Directions
- Fast and loose
- Life
- Considered Detail
There is no reliance on the use of pen and ink
to hold the pictures together. These new paintings 'pull' the subject
out of my colour palette to create a new approach and feeling for my work
on a physical and emotional level.