S T A T E M E N T

Colour, Light and a Sense of Place are the principle elements in my paintings.0000 Stimulated by the abstract qualities presented by the landscape my work is becoming increasingly intuitive.00000000000000000000000000000000000 Frantically undertaken drawings and colour references are madein situ - my own form of shorthand - to serve merely as prompts. Paintings are often undertaken on the floor and I make inroads from all four sides with a combination of quick dynamic brush strokes and gestural movements. Pouring, then smearing the paint with rags, layering glazes of ink, scratching back or dispersing paint with bleach provide surface variation. Shapes emerge and colours interact to recapture the immediacy of that initial sensation.