The Grange Painting

I look for interest in the unexceptional, the stark and the seemingly uninteresting. Drawing from childhood memories and retrospective imaginings I attempt to produce images that are unashamedly attractive in a knowingly naive albeit sometimes surreal style. I draw and paint what is around me. I have a fondness for buildings and landscapes, but rather than simply focusing upon these as subjects, I strive to depict a place or time where when colours are bold, shadows deep and everything is seemingly imbued with great significance. I paint for my own (and hopefully others) pleasure. I have no formal artistic training and have returned to my love of painting and drawing after a 20 year break...as a young adult my style was cynical, dark and very much rooted in fantasy and surrealism. Furthermore, my rekindled desire to paint was driven by a renewed interest in pop surrealism and lowbrow. However, despite harbouring an interest in the weird, deviant, cynical and ironic...an area I still wish to pursue at some stage, I have arrived at my current place. I hope my current work exhibits...dare I say it...sincerity without irony.