Painting
My work is always conceived through experience, either of a physical or digital nature. It is an organic, personal process which grows with the making of every painting as my vision and expression evolve - both within the canvas itself and outside, from the continuing influence of the world and media around me within their own tableaux. This process is how I define my work in a contemporary context - I am inspired by what is around me, what is now. In all my paintings, I try to create a sense of what it feels like be alive today with our understanding of ourselves and the world around us refracted through internet consciousness and a post-modern hyperawareness of all things and all times. Thematically, then, I am drawn to explorations of time and culture, to creating contrasts within their horizons and juxtapositions in plain view - many of my paintings transpose the modern, the digital or the vulgar onto the ancient, natural or beautiful. Below are some examples of my recent paintings.
‘Radiation’, oil on canvas, 42 x 59 cm
‘Portrait of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk’, acrylic on canvas, 59 x 42 cm
‘Pagan with a small ‘p’’ (Abbots Bromley horn dance), oil on canvas, 29 x 42 cm
‘The once and future king’ acrylic on canvas, 84 x 59
‘The ghost of a garden fronts the sea’ acrylic on canvas, 59 x 84 cm
‘Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad!’ oil on canvas, 42 x 59 cm
‘Portrait from Reykjavik’ acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 cm
‘Stanhengues’ oil on canvas, 42 x 59 cm
‘Viruses spread more easily at night’ oil on canvas, 29 x 42 cm