Last Update Saturday 04 February 2012
“How did you do it?”
Close inspection reveals that it’s not a photograph; well, not really. It doesn’t look like a print either because there’s obviously painting in there too and maybe a bit of collage.
Inspired by a strong sense of the graphic, I’m not giving anything away when I say, “first find your image and be inspired by it!”
Working with my camera I try to capture the essence of colour and shape of a moment; I make notes and sketches to record mood and emotional texture; I use my computer to fuse the graphic with the digital; I use paint to create physical depth resulting in what I hope is a unique statement about time and place and our relationship to them.
To say more would be giving away professional secrets!
People say that my pictures ‘invite them in’. I think they recognise those elemental qualities that we all feel, particularly about landscape, which give us that feeling we’ve been there before…
I like to think that my work is both structured and considered and though few pieces include people, our artefacts, effects and affectations are nearly always present - a fence post, a tractor rut or grass mowings – we leave our footprints as notice of our passing.
The combination of the representation of nature and the nature of representation speaks to our inner emotions. Restful moments, tranquillity captured and recorded in a contemplative reality transformed and re-presented to the viewer.
“Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.”
Chief Seattle
Close inspection reveals that it’s not a photograph; well, not really. It doesn’t look like a print either because there’s obviously painting in there too and maybe a bit of collage.
Inspired by a strong sense of the graphic, I’m not giving anything away when I say, “first find your image and be inspired by it!”
Working with my camera I try to capture the essence of colour and shape of a moment; I make notes and sketches to record mood and emotional texture; I use my computer to fuse the graphic with the digital; I use paint to create physical depth resulting in what I hope is a unique statement about time and place and our relationship to them.
To say more would be giving away professional secrets!
People say that my pictures ‘invite them in’. I think they recognise those elemental qualities that we all feel, particularly about landscape, which give us that feeling we’ve been there before…
I like to think that my work is both structured and considered and though few pieces include people, our artefacts, effects and affectations are nearly always present -
The combination of the representation of nature and the nature of representation speaks to our inner emotions. Restful moments, tranquillity captured and recorded in a contemplative reality transformed and re-
“Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.”
Chief Seattle
About my work
With a camera, a moleskin notebook, a computer and a palette of paint,
I like to work to a subtle level of abstraction that leaves the viewer intrigued
and asking questions.