About My Work

My work is inspired by the colour, light and magic of the changing landscape. I am aiming for an evocation of the landscape through simple pictorial means -a sensitivity of colour and a clarity of design. I hope my work has an intimate magical feel.

My work is based on memories of places and times but the names of those places are not important. I would love my work to trigger memories for the onlooker of places and times that were special to them -a walk through the landscape, a midnight, a dawn... That is why I use familiar symbols such as the moon, stars birds, universal symbols to which we can all relate. I rarely paint figures in my work but there is often a human clue in a hidden picnic or empty dwelling.

I paint in oil on traditional gesso. The surface is very important to me. I hand make the gesso using a recipe dating back centuries - it is a mix of marble dust and glue size. It is a time-consuming process but well worth the effort as the surface is wonderful to work on and becomes part of the painting itself.

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