Occasionally a painting works quickly, mostly there is the play stage, the ugly stage, the awkward teenage stage and gradually the resolution to the finish line. Then there’s the ones that argue continually, they change their minds about what they need and seem...
Add titleOn painting.. scaling up I would love to work much bigger, Anselm Kieffer size! At the moment my work ranges from a tiny 12cm square to 120cm square. Working large involves everything getting bigger…brushes, gestures, shapes etc. It’s much...
I mentioned that I wanted to go back to painting but with the aim of maintaining the energy of the marks I’ve made with the brushes and prints. I also want to continue to explore the concept of places and journey. I started off reworking a couple of small panels...
My artistic practice for the past four decades has followed a contimuum. Guided by the sense of a need for ‘home’ but with an inability to settle imbues my work with energy. Over the years I’ve come to regard my restlessness as a blessing, it’s...
After experimenting with a range of formats and ideas I decided to make a book. I’ve always been interested in books as art and was keen to ‘frame’ my fractures within the format of a book, a journey through. Printing plates made using handmade...
I was reaserching artists brushes when I came across teh work of Lorna Crane. She is an Autralian artist whe creates brushes from the things she finds whilst walking. When used the brushes create a range of marks, depending on the materials she has used. I am...
