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The paintings don’t have end points. They continually evolve through gestures formed through spontaneous impulses, in a struggle to find what only paint can display. The surfaces sit in an area of tension between construction and destruction, where each brush mark is a response to the last. Areas are over painted, erased, before being built up again. Each new layer leaving remnants of what was there before. The paintings hold a transient state, slipping from one conclusion to the next with no solidarity, reflecting the fluid nature of the paint itself.
Visual references from experiences and surroundings are starting points but never solid in their formation. Forms are obscured and mutated by the constantly evolving surface. Through this process the paintings develop into ambiguous spaces that act as metaphors to their origins. Spaces where the viewer is encouraged to question and decipher the surface in front of them. |
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Selected Exhibitions
2022 Bankley Open 2022, Bankley Art Gallery, Manchester
2022 Crossing Point, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 Looking Forward, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2021 The Shape of Colour, PZ Gallery, Penzance
2020 Wells Art Contemporary, Virtual Exhibition
2019 Summer Show : Contemporary, Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2018 Winter Exhibition, Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2018 NSA On View, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2018 Summer Exhibition,Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2018 Soft Rebellion, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath
2018 Drawing Explored, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2018 Artscape : New Contemporary Painters, Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2017 NSA ‘Critics Choice’, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2017 Contemporary Perspectives on Printmaking, The Mall Gallery, London
2017 RITUALS - ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice
2017 BOARDERS, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2017 FBA Futures 2017, The Mall Gallery, London
2016 Press Gang, Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth
2016 Best of the South West, The Pound, Corsham
2016 Degree Show, Falmouth University, Falmouth
2015 Residents of 10, The Fish Factory, Falmouth
2022 Bankley Open 2022, Bankley Art Gallery, Manchester
2022 Crossing Point, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 Looking Forward, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2021 The Shape of Colour, PZ Gallery, Penzance
2020 Wells Art Contemporary, Virtual Exhibition
2019 Summer Show : Contemporary, Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2018 Winter Exhibition, Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2018 NSA On View, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2018 Summer Exhibition,Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2018 Soft Rebellion, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath
2018 Drawing Explored, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2018 Artscape : New Contemporary Painters, Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
2017 NSA ‘Critics Choice’, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2017 Contemporary Perspectives on Printmaking, The Mall Gallery, London
2017 RITUALS - ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice
2017 BOARDERS, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
2017 FBA Futures 2017, The Mall Gallery, London
2016 Press Gang, Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth
2016 Best of the South West, The Pound, Corsham
2016 Degree Show, Falmouth University, Falmouth
2015 Residents of 10, The Fish Factory, Falmouth
