Cloud View Painting

I will always be inspired by the Colour Field artists of the 60’s for the way they used space in their paintings to create a new art language: the unlimited expanses, as relevant as the forms both inside and outside those spaces. Abstraction allows me freedom of expression and emotion, and encourages viewers to experience another way of seeing. Whilst developing a painting I often combine an overhead view with traditional perspective to better express atmosphere and environment. Layering acrylic paint on canvas, one area at a time, provides density and texture. I use the language of colour to emphasise how we are affected by change and these images often translate into simple abstract landscapes.