Still Orange Painting

Surface and line are fundamental to my work and most exciting is the effect of colour on space, light and mood within a painting. ​ Like many artists my spur is the world about me whether at home or travels further afield; my real or imagined experiences of the present and the past. ​ Drawings, notes and photos evolve in the studio into mainly abstract images that occasionally border on landscapes. My background in ceramics is never far away. I build up the surface, laying down colour and texture, sometimes applying clay, editing back, maybe simply wiping marks away, then overpainting, reworking, scratching and scoring. It’s about the actual pleasure of paint, bold or fragile. It can appear to be, and often is, intuitive and spontaneous but there is a counterpoint of order. ​ I want to intrigue the viewer through a language beyond words.