What made me want to make abstract paintings?
When I step into my studio it is my time to play.
The outside world is shut out, alone in my world, a world of colour, exploration, curiosity, spontaneity and risk. That is what abstract paintings give to me and they can for you too. Take risks with no consequences, have no expectations, be curious, playful and free to experiment. Free from rules, free from responsibility and free to express our true personality.
Don’t have a plan, be spontaneous, intuitive, play and enjoy life!
Paint like nobody’s watching because they are not!
Painting for me, is how I feel in that moment, not right or wrong, it just is. It’s like a diary entry, a moment in time. Inspired by the landscape but not necessarily painting it, in a representational way, it’s more a feeling , an excitement, a curiosity. I like old furniture that has a history, an old school desk which the kids have carved there name into, ancient rock art telling stories of wild animals and hunting parties, old houses where each layer removed reveals something new to me and I love clouds, all these things find their way into my work somehow.
My intention is to bring all these ideas and inspirations into your home too. Somewhere to drift off, remind you of who you are and what you love, bring a little joy, freedom and playfulness to your life too, because we all need some of these things in this world today.
Past Exhibitions
July 2023 Group exhibition, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
August 2023 Sherborne Open , Sherborne, Dorset.
November 2023 Arts Quarter Winter Open, Cheddar, Somerset.
May 2024 Shepton Artists Group Exhibition, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
August 2024 Sherborne Open, Sherborne, Dorset.
August 2024 Bruton Art Society Members Exhibtion, Bruton, Somerset.
October 2024 New Bath Arts Club Members Exhibition, Bath, Somerset.
November 2024 Shepton Artists group Exhibition, Shepton Mallett, Somerset.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Shepton Artists Group Exhibition, May 9 - 16, Create@8, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ”