76cm x 76cm unframed

Oil & acrylic on canvas

The following work you see here is both an instinctive and experimental exploration of textures and colours. My practice centres around how different materials interact – oils, acrylics and water all vying for their place on the canvas.  The clash; the merging; the juxtaposition of their materiality to create various notions of perception.  The works are often evocative of landscape, yet are not limited to it.

I am actually more interested in the illusory spaces created between the colours, and I am continually shifting my perspective from the minute to the ethereal. What may look tranquil from afar is actually the result of hard-fought battle of materiality.

I think in this digital-age, our vision is often too easily sated without discernment.  The plethora of staccato-like photographs taken on a phone can be incredibly valuable in capturing moments in time, but my interest lies in how we move through these moments, and the context around those snapshots.  My practice explores perspective and how it evolves through the dynamic relationship of the materials on the canvas and how these pathways shape my work.

These works are yours to view as you please; from afar as gentle forms, as well as up close where the dynamic interrelation is more evident. As in everything, I can control how I project my art, but not how it is perceived.