some paintings currently in the studio
a bit about why ..
I've always expressed myself through drawing and painting my surroundings.
And for me being in or at least near to wild nature keeps life in perspective.
I see landscape as an expression of time, continuously created and destroyed through natural processes and also increasingly impacted in various ways by human events.
I enjoy the way the process of painting similarly expresses time through the visible layering and merging of marks and textures.
I mostly use loosely drawn calligraphic marks and washes to lead into my painting process and while I tend to want my work to appear effortless, it’s often the residual evidence of trial and error and of the time involved in the making, that ultimately provides depth.