Philia 2 Painting

I have been painting for about 40 years. I started my career as a portraitist on commission but in the last 15 years I have expanded into figurative abstraction. I base my paintings on my two young adult daughters who are growing up and finding their way in a world that on the one hand offers them the choice and freedom I never had but also presents them with a precarious and frightening future which bewilders and angers them. This is what I want to express in my paintings: two young women who face a life where the earth is dying, our leaders are puppets, wars and injustice abounds and while they are educated, informed and strong they are unsure and frightened of the future. I base my figures on my daughters but i rarely end up with a likeness as it is not just about them, it’s about all young peoples experience. Apart from the faces and pose all other aspects of my paintings are from my imagination and evolve organically as I paint.