My work is about externalising my internal space. Simply put, I paint how I feel.
To do this, I explore the relationships between colour and form to elicit an emotion or memory from myself.
My practice is rooted in experimentation, none of the paintings are planned. This means I often deal with the death of painting, where painting becomes nothing more than moving paint upon a surface and any attempts to make something worthwhile are futile. Of course the other side of this style of practice is that I am often surprised and entranced by the power of paint. I spend my time painting predominantly in a state of playful freedom and am wholly obsessed with the nature of painting.
My work would most likely be considered abstract, though I prefer to view them as emotional landscapes or 'emotionscapes'.
I work in acrylic on canvas. I have always enjoyed the flexibility and immediacy of acrylic as it forces me to work at a fast pace and to embrace spontaneity.