South Pacific Series 1 Artwork - Limited Edition of 5

Like most of my work, I like to create layers to tell more of a story or to create narrative. In this case, I wanted to combine a digital layer of art created in Photoshop which is printed onto plexiglass but also have a layer underneath which has a more raw characteristic to it. Which leads to the explanation of my work as a whole, a continuing theme throughout. My work explores the ways to communicate and draw emotion through painting - creating tension between tranquility and disruption / uncertainty and resolve / the familiar and the unfamiliar. These works are simultaneously personal by the use of various, connecting narratives and metaphors and at the same time leaving an element of mystery and discovery. In this discovery of communication and emotion, exploring different materials plays a role in conveying my philosophies. Coming from a graphic design background, I like to use visual information from everyday life to add to the narrative - this could be in the form of words, reproductions of paintings, personal drawings, geometric/organic shapes and more.