I know I can never be landlocked. There is a love of where sea meets land or land meets the sea, a fascination with the forces of nature. I’m an artist driven by the elements that collide everyday but also by the peaceful serenity of a place.
My paintings are a reconnection to time and place, a narrative of my art practice. They are a continuation of me, a unique tactile shared experience. My work and recorded words are affected by external influences to a place, an abstract sense of time. Through expressive mark-making know as *asemic writing (*without the smallest unit of meaning), and a signature use of colour, the paintings represent what you can not always see, they are a faculty of consciousness.
From wide open vistas where we loose our sense of existence, to unforgiving coastal cliffs exposing the edge of a landscape, to dramatic weather patterns rolling in or leaving us and dense magical woodlands tucked away in a hillside, I am inspired with every vision. There is an endless beauty in the unknown/unseen, a conversation is ignited as soon as the paint touches the surface…
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Contemporary landscapes that sit between realism and abstraction
I am a contemporary artist born in Yorkshire but based on the Wirral Peninsula. My paintings are a direct response to walking amongst the landscape, recording the marks we leave behind, working on location painting Plein Air, painting projects or away on art residences. I recently took part in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2023.