As the Mist Lifts Painting

I feel an intense emotional response to certain colours in nature, whether that arises from the colour itself or the positive impact that being outdoors has on my whole being is something which I have yet to ascertain. My art swings between capturing light and the mood of a scene to the rendering of colours and their natural harmonies I work in acrylics using layers of colours continually searching for the beauty in the everyday mundane landscape. I spend a lot of time walking along country lanes in rural Ireland through all four seasons and this is reflected in my work from the damp foggy landscapes of winter, spectacular fire sky sunrises to the brilliant vivid bursts of colour from the hedgerow wildflowers in spring and summer. My work continues to loosen as I progress and as I become less concerned about shape and form and focused more on delicate balancing of colour and movement within the work. I begin each painting with a mental outline of the result but inevitably I get lost in the journey, changing direction many times with a result that is often far removed from the original concept. But it is this spontaneity and unraveling that I most enjoy.