Sadness Leads The Plague Painting

My works are an imitation of the ideas I have when in a day dream, transfixed or captured by an image. The construct of our consciousness is something I think about constantly and it is reflected in my paintings. We know that the difference between our dream state and our waking state of raw consciousness is on a technical level nil. Particularly vivid dreams can have such a hold on us because they are pereceived by our brains as real. I use returning motifs often, such as with this show where I have painted many elephants. I like to use elements that are real on one hand, in that they are figurative, to allow people a way into my work. Animals rather than humans I see as much more fertile subjects to transpose whatever mood or humanity I’m capturing. On the other hand I feel free because of this, because the figurative anchor allows me to abstract and morph whatever else I’d like with colour.