Paintings...

Over the years I have done many paintings. I have a fascination with visual space. Trying to do something that looks three-dimensional on a two dimensional surface is an exercise in illusion and magic. I like to use humour, changes in scale, odd juxtapositions, reflections and mirror images to play with ideas.

In the past I have often used photographs as reference material for my paintings. These days I am more drawn (pun intended) to using my pen-line drawings as the starting point.

Typically my paintings start with a visual image that grabs me and won’t let me go until I get it down. I dream about it. Sometimes it feels like I am filling in the pieces of a complex jigsaw puzzle. If I am really lucky at some point the painting starts talking back to me and telling me where it wants to go.

Here is a collection of some of my paintings that have managed to make it out of the studio and found good homes.

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Paintings...