Lost Balloons

My practice is embedded in the knowledge that in a moment, a brief, indefinite interval of time, everything can change. Exposure to life’s fragility drives me to linger when tender moments arise and notice when connections and disconnections occur.

 

I make oil paintings on linen canvases in a process that makes and removes marks, overlaying imagery, and revealing figures and the emotion of a moment. Although there is often a sense of immediacy, looseness and playfulness in my current works, there are also more formal elements to my practice and my paintings. I like these elements to either sit together in paintings or take certain pieces down longer journeys. I make both large and small works, often veering to the miniature. I am fascinated in the sense of preciousness and how it becomes entwined in objects, and the impact of scale on perception.

Vintage tin, with mixed media. 

Mixed Media | Mixed Media Painting| | Resin  in vintage tin. 

 

6x9.5cm