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ARTIST
STATEMENT
I
am a self-taught artist with no formal training or coaching.
I started drawing at the age of two and have continued
throughout my life to experiment with different mediums
and evolve my style to where it is currently, although
it can vary depending on my subject. For the past two
years I have created on a full-time basis with various
solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally.
I
work with two main mediums being soft pastel and oils.
I like to stay true to these mediums by maintaining
a soft looseness with the pastels and a vibrant, textured
surface with the oils. My palette is always minimal
and most of my mixing is done on the canvas, wet on
wet, to maintain rich, vibrant colours where they glow
through one another, and also to achieve a sense of
layering. Detail is paramount in every piece of artwork
which is created regardless of medium. What you see
from a distance is one dimension, up close becomes another.
I paint the things I love, be it for the colour of my
subject or the emotion it conjures within me and I always
choose the medium based on my subject. My personal aim
is to capture the essence of my subject and hope to
convey to the viewer it's anima, soul. I want the viewer
to believe they could stroke the feathers of the flamingo,
feel the firmness and roundness of a muscular torso
or want to find a poppy field to stroll through. I hope
to stir within them a distant memory or a sense of serenity
and calm they can escape to from this sometimes hectic
world. What we see on an everyday basis can sometimes
be taken for granted where it's true and simple beauty
is not wholly appreciated. Recreating what I see and
compacting it onto a canvas, hopefully, gives the viewer
a new appreciation of the subject, as in the 'Colour
In Flight' Series, which are detailed sections of various
butterfly wings. These pieces allow us to consider another
aspect of the insects that flutter freely in our gardens.
The colours are rich and vibrant with each brush stroke
representing a scale.
I
hope you get as much enjoyment viewing my art as I have
creating it. |
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