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Essentially a landscape artist, abstracts, flora and animals also feature in my
work. During my early schooldays I was encouraged to develop a perceived talent
in art, a subject I then studied throughout GCSE and A-levels.
However at university I had to consider my career and studied Media and
Business, then moving to London to work within the Media Industry. Now based in
Kent and whilst holding down a full-time job in London, my world of art has
exploded after having many exhibitions in Kent and East Sussex over 2008 and now
in 2009 continues to grow strongly.
My Painting: The landscapes I paint are based on places I have been; I use
experience and memories as my starting point, however I am fascinated by pushing
the contours of a beautiful landscape into the whimsical and the truly magical.
I don't try to re-create images, photography is more than apt at doing that, but
push the scene a little further with the imagination. Although I like to try
many different styles I feel that Impressionism has always been the strongest
influence in my work.
I am a very visual person; nothing gives me more satisfaction than colour,
shape, texture and light. I am constantly amazed by the power of colour, how
different it can look depending light and adjacent colours. It isn't about
representation; it's about so much more.
To me painting is escapism; it allows real thinking time away from the
grindstone. I will finish some paintings faster than others when my thoughts are
racing, my brush keeps pace. Alternatively it can be a time to let my brain slow
down, my focus can turn fully to the painting and I will shut everything else
out.
I couldn't say if one state of mind achieves better than the other, it's all
emotion and it's all part of life. Once I have signed the painting, I know I am
not allowed to touch it with a paintbrush again. The perfectionist inside me
would quite simply never want to stop.
My Art: I aim to inspire the resources of your mind and achieve a genuine moment
of 100% attention. If you find that I have interrupted your world, even if only
for that single moment, then I will be satisfied. To me art is about giving
something magical to the viewer; shapes, colours and textures all spark off the
imagination, the brain and senses are stimulated, prompting emotions way beyond
the visual representation.
It's about appetite, stimulation, fascination, and infatuation. No two brush
strokes can ever be the same, no two paintings will ever match, and that is my
inspiration."
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