Statement
I am a self taught artist predominantly creating abstract works, all pieces are deeply personal based upon the emotions and experiences relating to personal, social and cultural issues.
Abstract has always appealed to me as rather than dictating to the viewer the meaning of each piece they are able to decide for themselves what it means to them. I have always found it fascinating what others see in a piece and why take that away from them? Art is subjective and I aim to keep it that way.
Texture plays a big part in my work and on average each painting takes between three to six months to make, using only palette knives as a tool, and building up layers of oil paint, then scraping back and repeating again and again until the final highlighting stage. I seldom paint with anything other than oils and oil bars, there are three rare examples of mixed material works and even rarer works of sculpture when they are the most appropriate medium for what I want to achieve.
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