The Skin Horse Painting

I have a fascination with tensions that are inherent in the human condition. These relate to questions of life and death, pain and happiness. Such questions often offer no clear answers. My response within my painting is an emotional one. It is deeper than reason and prior to any intellectual analysis. Meanings that lie beyond representation can be suggested through paint. In this way, I am searching to explore the boundaries of the visible. Whether through the interplay of figuration and abstraction, juxtaposing humor with menace or my use of strong colour as well as ambiguous background add to this tension between the familiar and the uncanny.