Hooked Painting

My interest in Zen leads me to paint with an immediacy and vibrancy as I seek to capture the richness of the "˜now'. Many of my paintings are symbolic. The moon is a constant symbol, representing the feminine, and also the divine presence in our lives. My paintings reflect my creative response on an intuitive and meditative level to the world around me. I take no photographs and do not sketch, but rather allow each painting to evolve from a fragment of colour and inner memory. As such I seek not to be in control, but more a channel for the richness of the world around me. My paintings are in collections in Canada, USA, Australia, England and the Isle of Wight. I was born in England in 1952 and came to Ireland over thirty years ago. My interest in painting stems from this time. I attended night classes in NCAD and Dun Laoghaire Art School. I also studied under Tony Kew, Avoca and Sister Pauline of the Ecology Centre, Wicklow. I have had two solo exhibitions at the Arklow Visual Arts Centre, and another at the Signal Art Gallery, Bray, in February 2014. I have participated in several Group Shows.