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The Mount series

#timeandtide – metamorphosis

Although now cold, some craggy mountain structures were formed by volcanic action and were born from deep in the earth as white-hot lava flowed to the surface. Worn down thousands of years later into smaller rounded shapes by icy glaciers, the mount that remains is a pleasingly shaped structure – a mere shadow of its former self, yet still resisting its ultimate fate.

Mounts are the inspiration for an abstract series which suggests birth, metamorphosis, and present state.

MOUNT | series III | Monte Catria
The MOUNT series [Cat: 9999, MOUNT | series III | Monte Catria, 30 x 40″ / 76 x 101 cm, Acrylic on canvass, 2015]

The Pane series

#reflectionandrefraction – mirrored reality

It is difficult to pass a plate glass window without glancing at our own reflection, yet the reflection is not a true likeness but a mirror image. Windows often pick up reflections from surrounding windows, opening up the possibility of a ‘hall of mirrors’ effect.

I have taken the abstracted reflections from windows as a starting point and incorporated them into a series of paintings.

PANE | series I | Spring
The PANE series [Cat: 9999, PANE | series I | Spring, 30 x 40″ / 76 x 101 cm, Acrylic on canvass, 2006]

Shingle washed together

#naturalforms – fluid sculpture

Natural forms, this project covers a wide area with the common theme of flowing lines. These can be found in the delicate contours of a body, the arch of a tree bough and in a stone sculpted on the seashore. Natural forms are created by growth, decay, erosion, and all the forces of wind rain and sun.

However, these shapes are formed by nature and not by the hand of man and so they have our admiration for their satisfying subtlety, beauty and fluidity.

Shingle washed together
Shingle washed together resembling a cluster of cells [Cat: 0340, East Dean beach white blank, 8 x 8″ / 20 x 20 cm, Acrylic on canvass board, 2017]