My First Post - What It’s All About
Welcome to my website. In it I am showcasing recent works, or in some cases, older pieces that have been recently reworked. All the pieces are about the way I interpret the world around me. I am concerned with social unease and anxiety - escalating environmental change, political and economic instability, the fear of and paranoia generated by terrorism, and conflict. Spaces become fractured and empty. Humans and animals mutate or morph.
But these are filtered through my fascination with such things as film noir, sci fi books, 1950s B movies, World War 1 and 2 war machines, mythology, history, archaeology, and the interactions between humans and animals. As well as fear and confusion, there can be tenderness, humour and optimism in these images.
I love the actual process of making and can spend months building up layers of colour and texture. My favourite mediums are oil paints, chalk pastels, charcoal and pencil.