Studio practice

 A gesture, performed once, easily remains devoid of meaning, but however mundane or slight the gesture may be, when performed repeatedly it earns significance. Repetition can bestow new importance to both processes and materials- and the power of repetition appears not in the the perfection that results, but in precisely the opposite, in the imperfection that inevitably appears.  Centred around order, repetition, structure and control. Seemingly strong but fragile, pieces appear complicated but when taken apart are made from a number of basic units. I undertake processes which cannot be done by machine and so are laboriously handmade, there are a number of carefully calculated steps, and this sense of precision almost blinds me to the final piece until it is completed. It is obsessive and frustrating. There is a delicacy in the visual language being employed- though there is a tension in this delicacy created by their large physical scale. Fragile but absolute.



Paintings


Emphasising strong colours and unusual compositions, the pieces illuminate the subjects natural beauty. Aesthetically pleasing, seeking detail, they are here for  your own interpretation.