Fine Artist
I am interested in the discourse of painting and the language of figurative painting in particular. Situated within this discourse I am concerned with the aesthetic quality of paint, mark making and the materiality of paint on the surface of the canvas rather than representation. I am preoccupied with the ‘muddy moods of paint’, its ‘brilliant transformations’ and my own ‘unexpected discoveries’. (Elkins 2000:5). I am fascinated by the fact that paint can both mask and convey feelings, moods and meaning about a given subject. I view the act of painting as a ‘transformative’ action – a kind of alchemy in which anything is possible (Elkins 2000: 193).
My paintings have been selected for Open Competitions in the Eastern Region and I exhibit regularly in Essex and Hertfordshire.