Ataraxia Painting

Ultimately, a constant throughout all my artistic expression is my innate intrigue with the complex inter-linkage and equilibrium of the many and the one, the environment and the organism, the dune and the grain. This manifests throughout my practice in various aesthetic outcomes yet always as if an entity onto itself that interacts with a depicted individual or scene. Merging, weaving, obscuring, fading or wrapping - the shapes form towards loose symbolism influenced by concepts which are sometimes purposeful and sometimes arbitrary. The combination of abstract and traditional oil painting methods enable me to create surreal expressive settings. There is both tranquil stillness and flowing movement.