Oh, the impossible task of computing the thousands of images that my eyes take in every day. ‘I must draw that’, ‘Oh that would make a great painting’, ‘I’ve got to put those colours together on canvas.’ I’m like a magpie collecting ideas. I have to find ways to store, use and develop all this information. It is frustrating to have an idea but be unable to translate the image to canvas and get the result I want. Having my first solo exhibition at HMS has brought to my attention just how many of these ideas I have begun to explore, but all at the same time. I hope by a more focused approach of one or two subject matters at a time I will be able to overcome this.

My recent work seems to be taking two main directions; Abstract and Figurative. I am enjoying playing about with abstract ideas to develop my use of colour and composition. In my figurative work I am again exploring composition through the positioning of the figure on the canvas and how the figure relates to its surroundings. My main focus here will be to build in confidence when depicting hands, feet and the human head.

The common denominator in my work at the moment is my newly found love of working in oil paints.
So, I intend to draw and paint as often as I can to be more able to translate the world around me into paint marks on canvas that I believe in.