Paintings

I currently paint in gouache on paper. It allows me to explore my love of collage but create my own characters, and thus, my own narrative. Whilst my paintings have been described as a take on the Japanese idea of the ‘floating world’, for me they owe more to the philosophy that all phenomena are mere appearances to the mind, that ‘colour’ and ‘form’ are merely imprinted in this life, and ultimately do not exist outside the mind that perceives them. Add to this, images from Egyptian, Greek and Celtic mythology, the Druid tree of life and its cyclic year, the paintings then become a metaphor for a world in transition, an expression of that ungraspable moment where biological forms interact with images from popular culture to give a dialogue to the journeys within this human life, and beyond.

The works of Alan Davie, Yayoi Kusama, Niki de Saint Phalle, Hieronymous Bosch, and Paul Nash have had the greatest impact on my own pursuit of expression.

This relationship between colour and form in my paintings has equal importance: it’s about how they interact on paper; it’s their combined story; and ultimately, it’s about the actual craft of painting.

The hour of hostalgia, the hour of happiness, the hour of solitude — the hour of happiness, the hour of solitude; gouache and ink on paper

The journey from the self, to the inner self — the journey from the self, to the inner self; gouache and ink on paper

we are in conflict with each other, advancing, retreating — we are in conflict with each other, advancing, retreating; gouache and ink on paper

brothers and sisters, bear your pain in silence — brothers and sisters, bear your pain in silence; gouache and ink on paper

The countless petals of seperation and death — the countless petals of separation and death; gouache on paper

the stages journeyed by my soul; gouache on paper

awakening you from your fantasies and slumber; gouache on paper

sweet joy return, and weep for me; gouache and ink on paper

if you are a seeker, keep searching for us; gouache and ink on paper

existence, ever heavy on my shoulders, I return to the birth of the universe; gouache on paper

adam and eve (diptych); gouache and ink on paper

may this universe not deceive you; gouache and ink on paper

everything that comes, comes to an end; gouache and ink on paper

you created us with thirsty hearts; gouache on paper

when the mind pulls a thread, the wheel turns; gouache and ink on paper

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