Artist Statement: Most of my work comes from confronting the blank canvas. There are points of reference from time to time, and certainly commissioned work often comes with guidelines, but often the finished painting is where the energy and emotion involved in producing a work take me. Sometimes it’s all harmonious, other times it’s more aggressive with strong colour contrasts and lines lashed across the surface of an underlying colour to create more drama and tension in the composition. But eventually it's about providing a composition that someone can take some meaning from, and live comfortably with, and indeed enhance their personal living space.
