Candy # 2 Painting

I want to make paintings that make the viewer ask ‘How were those made?’ and to make paintings that resemble objects other than paintings - specifically foodstuffs. Cakes, ice cream, boiled sweets, desserts, anything that is edible, palatable and enticing become sources of subject. When I was a child I remember having a strong inclination to put the putty-like toy Play-Doh in my mouth. Gloss paint, by its nature, has that same pseudo-edible quality for me, in its consistency, attractive colours and sweet smell. When making a painting, I first look at a specific foodstuff and note its colour combinations. I select some of those colours and arrange them in a relationship that I feel works. This can be tonally harmonious or welcomely awkward. The paint is applied to the surface by pouring: by pivoting the support and allowing gravity to manipulate the paint, I build up layers of slick, smooth, reflective gloss to create shapes, sometimes resembling a ribbon blowing in the wind, or a landscape, but the process is mostly concerned with paint as a medium and the unorthodox application of paint to a surface, reminiscent of the techniques used by Jackson Pollock and Ian Davenport.