Firle Beacon Painting

While describing the contours of this reclining figure, I felt that the painting reminded me of a point along the South Downs, which is a national park on the south coast of England. When I am asked what is my work about, my immediate reply is 'balance'. I am continually drawing information from my own life experiences and use my need to balance and harmonies these observations to create my paintings. ​ Composition is vital for me to find balance in my work, looking at an everyday object, person or landscape and setting out the constraints of the canvas, encouraging you to draw your eyes across the surface, paying particular attention to what happens at the edges of the work. Colour is a feeder to the soul and the same subject painted with different colours gives such a different story. I use colour to harmonies what ever subject I am painting. I spend focused time observing, allowing myself to stop long enough to master what colours are reflected and hidden. My most recent work translates the energy of the subject through abstracting, exploring the depth of colours, working with painter Andy Pankhurst, a Slade and Royal Academy teacher, who trained under Euan Uglow, to gain a better understand about colour. My work has been seen in joint and solo shows; galleries, both public and private, locally and internationally. Accepted work for the Towner Gallery and a finalist for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition.