My love affair with paint...

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"I dream my painting then I paint my dream..."  Vincent Van Gogh

I paint all the time. When I'm not painting, I'm thinking about painting. I have more ideas than there are hours in the day!

I create mainly abstract and semi abstract contemporary pieces and love the freedom and endless possibilities of both styles.

I enjoy using conventional brushstroke techniques, but also the challenge of finding less predictable ways to create the effect I want. I often paint in time to music. It's exhilarating to create a piece which is quite literally a direct transposition of sound into a visual entity.

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I work mainly in acrylics and inks on stretched canvas, with the addition of oil sticks to highlight and accentuate certain areas. I particularly love the energy of painting large scale canvases. Composition is mostly planned with meaningful and purposeful brush stokes. But sometimes I let it just randomly flow, letting the marks appear and do their own thing. 

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My inspiration comes from the beauty of the world around us: the vibrant colours of nature and the wonders of the universe. I love spending time near water; at the beach or by a river. I find the colours of beautiful sunsets and moody cloud formations totally mesmerising. 

​But in addition to these physical and visual sources, my paintings will often reflect our unseen emotions. 

​I want my art to make people feel: to resonate with it, evoking feelings of happiness, peace and tranquility to relieve every day stresses. Or to spark an energy to uplift, heal and inspire. I'm a firm believer of the positive impact art can have on the world and I want to reach out and share it with as many people as I can.

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