Regardless 3 Collage

I'm an English Artist born in London now living in Ireland. I love cats, I Like collecting unusual objects ie religious icons, statues, paintings... I like things with patterns such as wallpaper. I love collecting old black and white photos and magazine images. I like reading strange books. I love peace and quite. I love rave music. Not to keen on mobile phones and spiders. My work is inspired by found images and patterns collected over a number of years , these can be iconic images or random photos which I pick up at charity shops or car boots. What draws me to an image could be something haunting or a surreal image that I feel I could work with in a painting. The process usually starts with an image or pattern which are added directly to the canvas. Layers of paint are then introduced which sometimes obliterate or partially block out the image or pattern which can change the dynamic of a painting an instants. Further patterns, images and paint are applied replacing one configuration for another.