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As long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by nature, the seasons, and have been very conscious of my innermost spiritual journey. I find art a wonderful way to express what I sense and feel. I feel line to be myriads of journeys and the paint as my blood racing and mixing with thoughts. When the paints touch and meet, I delight in the way they flow and blend, taking on a life of their own.
Photography is a perfect way to capture what I deem interesting or fascinating so that I can document it. I love the way I can be surprised at the particular lights, colours or flashes that are captured through the lens.
I feel a deep need to embrace and honour the materials I work with i.e. raw canvas and pigments. I love the idea of working with nature and breathing life back into offcuts of wood.
When working with perspex and glass I am ever mindful of light and colour dancing through.
Taking classes helped me to develop technique but studying for my Fine Art Degree helped me to develop my practice. It was a chance to delve into the history of art and to find out which artists I had some affinity with. My niche seems to sit in Futurist/Abstract Expressionism/Spiritual Art.
The term 'spiritual' refers to the common yearning to belong to something greater than the self: the desire to probe the source of life and the nature of death, and the acknowledgment of intangible forces at work in the universe. People who do not participate in a formal religion may nevertheless recognise a powerful spiritual dimension to their life. Spiritual art may be inspired both by a recognised religious tradition and by more private beliefs.
I am inspired by Futurist painting and the belief that dynamism must be rendered in painting as a dynamic sensation.
Some of my artwork is an emotional response to either music that I compose myself or music I love listening to. When I hear music, I SEE colour! Colour and music has a big impact on moods and emotions.
I want my paintings to embrace all these aspects and allow the viewer to capture the power of energy through colour.
Kandinsky maintained that abstract art represents the inner side of reality rather than the outer form, the esoteric rather than the exoteric. He also maintained that because abstract art is concerned with the inner side, it can be a means for self-transformation.
I hope that my work captures, light, space, line, colour, movement and depth. Working from the soul, always hoping to transfer these deep feelings and believing that Art is the concept of emotional expression.
Quote: "Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body. (Wassily Kandinsky) "