‘Fossil Oyster Shells’, a digital abstract painting, 2023.

A square digital painting on plain white ground. Three layers of separate pattern, reminiscent of printing techniques, are layered one over the next to form interesting interactions and shapes. Dark teal blue, khaki green and bright orange. Each is formed of shapes traced from the remnants of ancient fossil oyster shells in rocks, forming curls, rings, blobs, spots.

‘Fossil Oyster Shells’, digital abstract painting, 2023. Based on patterns formed by fossilised oyster shells (Gryphaea) found in Jurassic-age rocks on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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