As an artist, my aim is to communicate not only a vision, but the emotion that vision inspires. I employ a process of application that is quite modern, and would have shocked the 19th Century artists with whom I feel the greatest affinity. The end result, I hope, is a painting which communicates my reverence for the work that precedes mine and the interest I have in creating an island of beauty in our chaotic modern world.
I am currently at work on a group of paintings I call The Shimmer series. In them I explore the relationship between tones and hues with a rapid-fire application, letting the drops of paint hover next to each other and creating a tension that is compelling to me. It is an ongoing study in contrasts. I find it endlessly engaging, as the relationship between light and dark, warm and cool, peaceful and dynamic is played out in front of me and holds together with the greatest delicacy. It is very easy to go too far in these pieces and lose the balance, the coherence. I find myself having to dance very carefully around and having to balance restraint and exuberance. When I succeed in this, it is very satisfying.