Artist Statement

When a subject is chosen to paint (this may be a single item or an arrangement of objects) I initially set out to record their personal values, the dimensions and aesthetics that give these objects their identity. As the painting develops, the controlled, somewhat analytical drawing of the object starts to form a relationship with the colours that are seen during the process due to the constantly changing light. At the beginning of the process, the ‘line’ of a composition in the purest sense is controlled where as the colour is never bound down and is always free to help the overall picture articulate what is really being seen.

I don’t believe you can start painting something until you understand it, physically. You have to hold it, feel it, and examine it before you can try and translate it to the canvas.

Painting for me is an on going struggle between a 2d surface and an un-imagined object surrounded by a space, a volume which can not be touched. The beauty comes when the two can be married on the one canvas.