Hi, I hope you are well? How ever you're choosing to celebrate this bank holiday, I hope you're having a good and peaceful rest. I want to let you know about my latest works. Above is my most recent large scale painting; Everywhere At The Same Time and below are two new Porthole Ocean paintings. I'm keeping my words short and sweet for this post as its all about the work - I hope you like them. The last image is a reminder for my open studio's this month, I hope to see you if you can make it. Where The Ocean Leaps Towards The Shore - Original Abstract Art & Prints Where The Ocean Rushes To The Shore - Original...
HiCan You Make It? I promise I'm not asking you to make art, what I mean is, I really hope to see you at my artist open studio next month, are you able to make it? Every May, artists and makers in Dulwich, Herne Hill and its surrounding areas open up their homes and studios over two weekends. Please put one of these dates in your diary and come along on either the 13th, 14th, 20th or 21st May from 11am to 5pm. There are 3 other artists showing within close proximity of my home [no invite necessary, you just turn up and knock on the door] and many more in the local area too. It's a great opportunity to...
Hi, I hope you're well and enjoying March so far? For the last 3 weeks, I've been patiently waiting for the remainder of internal work to be done in my studio. This has been a real test for me, all of my tools are packed up and there hasn't been a clean surface to work on, so I surrendered to the fact that I can't create! All this tension only fuels my anticipation to get back into it as soon as possible. I have surrendered to that which I can't control and I cannot wait to surrender to that which wants to be made. *Surrender is a theme that runs concurrently through my practice. I recommend the book; The Surrender...
My works are predominantly made by mark making - a process by which art is created using found items or tools and without the use of a traditional brush or the common action of "painting". Aside from initially outlining the trees, each element of this painting has been created with marks - from swooshes in the dramatic sunrise to each blade of grass and the layered texture on the tree bark - marked onto 650gsm hand-made cotton.
Everything was so much more vivid now. I could see and hear in much more detail. The accident had awakened me, challenged my thinking and I just had to try to understand this shift in my consciousness.
Since then, I have listened to Ted Talks, podcasts and audiobooks about mindfulness, gratitude, living in the present moment, Neuroscience, consciousness, flow-state of mind and awareness. These are the ongoing themes that run through my practice and I hope to convey these more strongly in future works.
