In My Nature is a series of small colourful intimate paintings. The work is organic, free flowing, and highly detailed in areas. I’m also using metallic copper and bronze pigments that weave their way through these works. This exhibition is my own version of our natural world – one that can be easily forgotten or lost in our fast changing human environments.
My work can at times be large and loud and at other times very delicate and intimate. I like to think I have synesthesia; it makes sense to me that colours have their own sounds and personalities.
I often use the phrase ‘to catch a painting’ in describing the process in the studio. The canvases start out flat on the floor. The work is open to all possibilities. I pour and tilt the work almost waiting for the alchemy of paint. I like to think of the paintings being ephemeral and intangible.
The greatest challenge is to keep the work evolving and taking risks in my practice. It’s a relationship that takes hard work. After 20 years I keep thinking my best work is still to come and I believe this is what keeps me hungry to create new work.
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