My interest lies in creating paintings that express mood. The most important element for me is the emotional response the artwork evokes, not its literal detail. I like to tread the dividing line between the representational and abstract, and seek to create a rhythm in the painting with the use of colour. While the work is often based on a “real” location, I will change the structure of the scene to produce my own interpretation.
Working in acrylic, my technique involves overlaying sometimes clashing colour, using a variety of expressive brush and palette knife strokes, glaze and impasto techniques — so that the texture is also an important part of the finished piece. My influences range from David Hockney and Wolf Kahn to contemporary Mallorcan artists. I'm also inspired by the fluency and vibrancy of Van Gogh and the structure of Cezanne.
My interest lies in creating paintings that express mood. The most important element for me is the emotional response the artwork evokes, not its literal detail. I like to tread the dividing line between the representational and abstract, and seek to create a rhythm in the painting with the use of colour. While the work is often based on a “real” location, I will change the structure of the scene to produce my own interpretation.
Working in acrylic, my technique involves overlaying sometimes clashing colour, using a variety of expressive brush and palette knife strokes, glaze and impasto techniques — so that the texture is also an important part of the finished piece. My influences range from David Hockney and Wolf Kahn to contemporary Mallorcan artists. I'm also inspired by the fluency and vibrancy of Van Gogh and the structure of Cezanne.