ORIGINAL PAINTINGS

“The paintings are loaded with emotion relating to my roots and journey – there is no break between the past and present. They’re intimate maps of the landscape, telling the story of a slow constant journey. Signs and layers of the past, from which I create my own identity and visual language, appear as fragments or secrets – suspended in memory and seen close up.”

Taking the notion of ‘journeys’ as a starting point, my new body of work invites you to traverse painterly landscapes as a personal journey of the places, images and emotions of my life.

From growing up in the coal mining valleys of South Wales, to holidays exploring the Pembrokeshire coastal path and the emotive landscapes of Sussex, the images that emerge are bold and energetic as though caught in perpetual motion.

SWALLOWED UP BY THE TIDE

122cm x 122cm
Acrylic on Canvas

TURNAROUND

25cm x 25cm
Drypoint, carborundum and hand colouring collage and acrylic on canvas

CROP FAILURE

30cm x 23cm
Acrylic on Board

ENTERING

30cm x 24cm
Acrylic on Board

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

102m x 102cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Open

51m x 51cm
Acrylic on Canvas

GHOSTS FROM THE PAST

61cm x 61cm
Acrylic on Canvas

A LINK TO THE PAST

102cm x 76cm
Acrylic on Canvas

FIRE IN THE WATER

91cm x 91cm
Acrylic on Canvas

DARK MATTERS

76cm x 76cm
Acrylic on Canvas

BROKEN DREAMS

91cm x 91cm
Acrylic on Canvas

AUTUMN LIGHT

25cm x 25cm
Acrylic on Canvas

AUTUMN LIGHT

29cm x 18cm
Acrylic on Canvas

SEAM

30cm x 24.5cm
Mixed media collage on paper laid on board

BELOW THE SURFACE

40cm x 30cm
Acrylic on Board

EARLY START

102cm x 76cm
Acrylic on Canvas

FROM THE PAST

128cm x 102cm
Acrylic on Canvas

“Sweeping brushstrokes; splashes; drips; layers of colour; scraping back; finding light in the dark; erasing areas right back to the canvas; spraying; drawing; carving and building up new textures in paint: each new artwork is a voyage of discovery for me and I keep exploring and pushing each work until I find the power of the landscape I have experienced.”