Abstracts
Abstraction: Freedom from representational qualities in art
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The first painting I recall creating as a child (4 yrs old) was an abstract. I called it 'Archway'. My grandmother fell in love with it and had it beautifully framed for her home, where it hung in her stylish living-room until she died in her late 90's.
Many of my abstract works are on wood or canvas and some on paper. All mediums: oils, enamel, acrylic, oil pastels, silver-leaf and graphite.
With abstract work I feel that I get closer to my original experience of the creative process with art - specifically with painting. My work is based solely on feeling; emotions and their immediate translation into colour or form. My responses to that which I absorb from the world around me, filter through from mind to body and translate into visible creation. The emotive energy of the work is a very big part of each piece. It has taken me some time to get to this place, where I can go straight to the canvas or paper with nothing but an emotion and not have that process interrupted by context and intellectual understanding.
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I seem to be taking orders from my inner artist as I feel my way through the process; 'this is right here', 'more yellow here', 'this must go away' or 'more of this' etc. I simply trust the odd monologue that goes on inside my head...
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Most of my art is available in limited edition print format. Please use my CONTACT page for queries and obtaining quotes.
For me, the creation process of an abstract painting is closest described as a form of dance - conscious, intuitive movement through reactions and responses of creation.
Through the making, I am distilling an emotion down to a few simple things, stripping away context which gives me the freedom I often long for when creating representational art works.
Read more about the Emota Series here on my blog.
Oil and oil pastel on canvas Framed 1100 x 1100mm
Oil, enamel and oil pastel on canvas // 1010x1010mm // with thin wood edge reverse box frame
Oil and oil pastel on canvas 1x1m Natural wood edge frame
Acrylic and ink on wood 22 x 22cm
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood//300 x 300 mm Framed, wood edge reversed box frame.
Oil and oil pastel on canvas//950 x 800mm
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood 250 x 250mm
Oil and oil pastel on canvas 65x75 cm White wood edge frame
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood//framed//600x 850mm
Oil and oil pastel on wood 300 x 300cm
300 x 300mm Acrylic and oil pastel on wood
1200 x 1200 mm Oil and oil pastel on canvas
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood//220 x 220 mm Framed, wood edge reversed box frame.
acrylic and ink on wood 42 x 42cm
Acrylic, oil pastel, graphite on plywood 1100 x 1100 mm
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood//framed//600 x 850mm
310 x 310mm Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
310 x 310mm Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
Oil, enamel and oil pastel on canvas // 1010x1010mm // with thin wood edge reverse box frame
acrylic and ink on wood 22 x 22cm
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood Framed 300 x 300 mm
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood//framed//600 x 600mm
Oil and oil pastel on canvas // 600 x 600mm
Acrylic and ink on wood 22 x 22cm
Acrylic and oil pastel on wood Framed 300 x 300 mm
Acrylic and ink on wood 22 x 22cm
Acrylic and ink on wood 22 x 22cm
