My paintings are quiet. I take all the threads of an experience and simplify, simplify, simplify. I champion the slow moments.
I started out as a painter of massive abstract work. I focused on texture by layering tissue and paper, or gauze and plaster, over canvas. I have always been a minimalist in my colour palette. I just like the calmness it brings. Simplicity can be powerfully evocative and since I like to paint atmosphere, it is critically important to me.
My current work is considered 'contemporary figurative' and 'contemporary landscape' but what I really paint is stillness; moments of acceptance or contentment or awareness. It's so hard to describe so I'll just let my paintings do that for me. My entire remit is to create a quietness so when I share a piece of work the calm is palpable. It is what I appreciate in my world.