My paintings all stem from my imagination. Mood, emotion, and colour.
Firstly, I think of myself as a colourist. Colour, colour, colour. Finding the "perfect colour" to match the temperance of the mood and emotion I am trying to create, is the hardest part of my journey, as an artist. After that layers, and layers of transparent paints to add other dimensions of time and distance.
My aim is for the audience to emotionally connect with my paintings and for you to go on your own journey.
I paint and I re-paint, from my imagination until finally, "eureka", what was in my mind is finally staring at me from the canvas. This can take from six weeks to six months of pushing the boundaries of where reality and imagination comfortably sit side by side. I paint with a vision, which encompasses a reflection of our lives, the impermanence of nature and what better subject than clouds that are constantly changing reminding us that we too are changing leaving the many layers of the past behind, and confronting the future with "gusto".
Firstly, I think of myself as a colourist. Colour, colour, colour. Finding the "perfect colour" to match the temperance of the mood and emotion I am trying to create, is the hardest part of my journey, as an artist. After that layers, and layers of transparent paints to add other dimensions of time and distance.
My aim is for the audience to emotionally connect with my paintings and for you to go on your own journey.
I paint and I re-paint, from my imagination until finally, "eureka", what was in my mind is finally staring at me from the canvas. This can take from six weeks to six months of pushing the boundaries of where reality and imagination comfortably sit side by side. I paint with a vision, which encompasses a reflection of our lives, the impermanence of nature and what better subject than clouds that are constantly changing reminding us that we too are changing leaving the many layers of the past behind, and confronting the future with "gusto".
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