The Way I Work
It’s that time again, time to review the ~~ Artist Statement ~~, that most toe-curling of jobs – not least because its a rare person that enjoys writing about themselves, but also because you find yourself trying to condense years of work into just a few sentences, and because you really have to think about …
Blue Vase
16 x 16″ (40 x 40 x 4cm) Original painting in mixed media on canvas with acrylic, spray paint, pastel, charcoal and paper. Varnished and framed. A still life painting featuring a green / blue raku vase against a background of yellow gold vintage textiles with dramatic lighting and focus on texture. Created using pasted …
Rust Patterns in Japan
Travelling around Japan I snapped lots of images of patterns in every day objects – this rust was on the side of an electrical / meter cabinet outside a building near Kyoto.
Bothy, Bernera, Isle of Lewis
20 x 30″ (50 × 76 × 4 cm) Original mixed media (acrylic and varnished charcoal) on a box frame canvas., with the painting continued onto all sides. This bothy sits on the winding single track road to Bosta Beach on Great Bernera, a tiny island off the West Coast of the Isle of Lewis, …
Callanish Detail, February 2012
18 x 24″ (46 × 61 × 4 cm) Orignal painting – acrylic on box frame canvas, with the sides painted white. This painting was begun in the old farmhouse beside the Callanish stones (Isle of Lewis, Scotland) and completed back in my studio. I spent a week in February 2012 studying the astone circles …
Reunited
20 x 24″ (50 x 60 cm) Acrylic on canvas. A commissioned painting, created in 2012. SOLD
Ballymeanoch Stones II
16 x 20″ (50 × 40 × 4 cm) Original Acrylic On Canvas Inspired by a field sketch I made at the Ballymeanoch standing stones, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland in bright spring sun. I wanted to show something of the colours of the day and give an impression of the stately, slender nature of the stones. …
Tiny Labels, Feather and Gold
16 x 16″ (40 x 40 x 4cm) Original painting – acrylic on canvas. This piece was based on one on a tiny collage I made, which I used as inspiration for this bigger painting. I had in mind a modern take on Victorian specimin collectors, boxes of treasures… I collected items from around my …
Soft and Hard
16 x 16″ (40 × 40 × 4 cm) Original Artworks – Acrylic on Canvas Soft and Hard was inspired by a mini collage I made of items found around the studio – a ripped up rough colour sketch, painted fabric, bubble wrap I had been printing with… I took the elements into this larger …