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STATEMENT OF WORK
Within my painting I am interested in the intersections between the graphic and figurative, and the compression of light and composition into surface. I aim to explore the tension that rises between the agency of paint and the making of an image. The flow between the impetus to make an image, the formal attributes of painting that the image filters through, and the crystallisation of the final painting.
The fundamentals of painting such as surface, colour, and scale, as well as time, placement and accumulation are paramount when making my paintings. This is countered by graphic and economical figuration which cuts against the grandeur or traditional machismo of painting.
I use my immediate surroundings to generate imagery that provides me with a framework to begin a painting. Many of my paintings, came from smaller works made in watercolour on paper. I enjoy the translation involved in moving from a small work that can be held in the hand to a larger work that begins to engage the whole body. Parallel to this experience of making the paintings, is what happens visually when an image for example, a face or cat becomes bigger than life sized within a painting. By isolating occurrences from my daily life and filtering them through painting, the imagery even though transformed can begin to speak more accurately of an internal experience or perception.