Biography
The question of what abstract painting is and how it takes on meaning is central to the development of this work. Influences span cultures and millennia, from prehistoric cave drawings, religious architecture across the globe, Indian mandalas, stained glass and of course the development of our own rich history of abstract painting in the west. These paintings are the product of an ongoing archaeological dig into the roots of abstraction and our never failing compulsion to create and regard patterns, geometries and illusionary spaces. They are explorations into visual into visual experiences which appear to be written into our neurological make up, as current neuroscience continues to unfold.
My intention when making a painting is unashamedly optimistic, drawing up something universal, ancient and living, energetic and expansive. Within the plethora of ideas and attitudes around contemporary abstract painting I hope only to continue the age-old relationship of the abstract as a visual expression of something greater, dynamic and expansive, with new awareness of what that means now.
