Profile
My work of recent years deals with observation of life going on around me, and centres on subjects which really interest me.
These subjects I use are only a starting point from which a series of images emerge, sometimes resulting in a progression towards abstraction.
I am concerned with painting, drawing and collage. Specifically it is the way these methods of production can inform, affect or interrupt one another.
I do not restrict myself to any mediums but allow the materials I use to re-invent themselves and invite new materials into a piece if that particular work needs it.
This method of working means I have to keep an array of resources banked up ready to be called upon.
The process of making and the layering of materials to create the image is also of interest to me.
Materials
The materials i principally use are: Gouache, Ink, Watercolour, Soft coloured pencil, Acrylic, Tissue paper, Coloured paper and Letter transfer.
This is always on quality papers including: Hahnemuhle, Johannot (Amsterdam), Somerset and Arches, some work is oil on canvas.
I find water based paints and inks exciting and most suitable for the work I make.
By nature, Gouache, Water colour and inks can be less controllable mediums which might come to rest on a surface in an unpredicatble fashion.
In this way, they allow for more spontaneous and unique pieces since the watery paint will run where it likes and dry in yet another way.
I like to take this unpredictability then work back over the top in a very controlled manner with painting, graphics, collage, and text to achieve both a discussion and a symbiosis between these two slightly disparate compostional elements.
