It has always been about the Story. Stories I have read, watched, heard, remembered. Stories that happened to me, that only happened in a dream, that haven’t happened yet. A picture is said to be worth a thousand words. I think this must be true. I am in love with the act of painting, of rendering the thoughts in my head onto paper with colours, patterns and textures.
I use acrylic paint and dry media (pencils, chalk pastels, charcoal) on panels and canvas. I create my own monotype prints and use them for collage. Collage may be evident, or it may be used as a textural substrate. There are several layers to the paintings which get submerged or distressed back up to the surface. I see in this a parallel to story-telling.
I have been in group and solo exhibitions on the Isle of Man where I lived for several years before moving to Lincolnshire.
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‘Doors Close, Doors Open’
“It was a house of many rooms. Which meant it was a house of even more doors. Sometimes the door from the library led to a tropical island or a school room in the throes of an exam. The door from the kitchen might open into a farmers’ market (very convenient) or a Northern Line tube to Morden via Bank (less so). The doors closed and opened according to their own mysterious timetables.”
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