This last year has been one of experimentation and re-evaluation. It’s an interesting process to allow yourself to do this for such a lengthy period. One fraught with doubts and fears but liberating at the same time. There have been many eureka moments as I have pushed paint to the maximum and explored theory and new ideas to the full. From a more abstract expressionist approach to a finer distilled and thoughtful handling of paint. My intention, to find a place that gives me the greater freedom to explore the inner/narrative ideas, of the personification of landscape and life. Where there has been doubt it is usually when my approach has changed so radically but yet there’s an inner buzz that reassures me when I know it still hits the spot. Questions as to why come forth. A year on I know now that each and every approach is valid, landscape and myself being the centre. like the weather and the accompanying ideas there are many variables, ethereal and changing.
The piece below is one of these eureka moments of having captured something different. It’s a thoughtful piece and perhaps a defining one from this period of flux.
Looking Back
Oil on Board 40x40cm
