Paintings in a Series

One word HEART or Shape ,with so many emotions!

This is so called because the paintings seem to resemble a city in the distance and notably have a horizon.

This collection moves more to the abstracted image of figures by the river

Limiting myself to simple blocks of colour seemed to open up more possibilities.

This collection of paintings, just uploaded onto the site, were painted between 1998 and 2001. Enjoy...

Three Figures by the River and the Story behind them...

The thinking behind the interface is that it’s where two faces meet and what happens at that point. For instance, where the sky meets the sea or the sea meets the land; at any point of change there’s a lot of activity going on almost electric energy occurring. It can be two fairly calm surfaces that produce a lot of activity when they meet. This analogy can be applied to other scenarios ie two people meeting and their reaction - more on an energy level than an image level.

In these paintings there is always movement and interlinking in an organic way. Always an attempt to link elements by their form, colour/and motion. A feeling of being in nature rather than looking at it.

Firstly it’s open ended, as the landscape itself is so varied, this is just a glimpse. Secondly, this is not about an image i.e. a photographic likeness, but about the energy, movement and change around us shown in the shifting shapes of a view. If we think of paint as a pigment, colour, which is floating in a ‘vehicle’ i.e. oil water etc; rather than just a paste out of a tube. We see it can move, flow and stop depending on the amount and thickness of the oil/turps or water. I use this quality so the paint can move, creating different surfaces,some smooth and flat, some textured, creating sharp and soft edges. Another important element is chance, which cannot be imagined but can be taken advantage of! By always having a horizon line, an “anchor” point is created for the “observer” ,and enables me to be more ambitious with the marks. This horizon line also provides a separation, sky to sea or land. These two elements can oppose or reflect each other.