ARTIST STATEMENT FOR MY PAINTINGS

The past few years of my career have been a simultaneous expression and innate desire to document the world as I see it. Incorperating the exploration and physicality of paint and a rich development of surface texture, a platform is created to capture the beauty of nature.

After years of living in urban environments, my shift to the country has forced me to engage with surroundings offering visual stimulus of dense and intricate detail. The Mornington Peninsula Landscape encompasses a broad range of plant and wildlife, a remarkable ecosystem of stunning and extroadinary diversity. The imagery filters through each of the works in an almost subliminal way as though to provide an imprint of my experience of the environment.

Multiple layers, various mark making and line, carries with it, the importance of composition, surface texture and time. The influence of the city is evident within the boundaries of the canvases. The various surface textures are reminiscent of the city walls, the stencil art, the decay and chaos. The repetitive use of imagery creates a playful yet, emotional dialogue within the works. The accidental nature of the drips, the intuitive colour selections and arrangements are a strong contrast to the intentional and painterly compositions providing a dichotomy of harmony.

I am merely providing my own interpretation of nature. My feelings are an intuitive guide in directing the works, which have, through abstraction, become their own environment.