A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t

Earth colours, children’s faces, and classical architecture are some of the things in which I find beauty, again and again. In everyday life it is so easy to pass by the most beautiful things without stopping to notice. We know it is there but find little time to see the timeless beauty in the faces of our children, the stillness in an everyday streetscene, and the intruiging faces of our elders. I isolate these faces and these scenes in my art; I steal a moment in time and make it still in order to portray its beauty for all to see. The classic and rich colours of the earth, such as ochres, reds and browns provide a warm mood and with some notes to classical art or architecture a sense of timeless classical beauty.

Colour and texture are important parts of my work. I have learned the joys of colour by using soft pastel, which is one of the most direct and dynamic mediums around. I like to paint various textures such as sand, stone and fabrics as they provide an endless challenge to me.

I work from photographs so I can ‘steal’ a moment out of real life and subsequently work into as much detail as I like. Figures and faces are picked from the street, the people I know, my imagination or a combination of all. I try to enhance the beauty I initially found in the scene by changing colours, lighting and props if necessary.