My paintings are essentially stories in transition. Each painting goes through many transitional layers before arriving at a final conclusion. This working method directs the narrative and final outcome of each piece.

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Each painting begins with a rough idea or story, memories or fragments of things that I like or that inspire me. Often heavily influenced by my interest in Ancient Egypt and mythologies from the ancient world.

 

Final works usually consist of an assortment of contemplative characters framed against an anonymous abstracted landscape. There is a sense of purpose. A story to be told. Figures appear contemplative, rooted to the ground, lost in thought or caught in a form of isolated limbo. 

 

Figures often appear to be looking at something in the distance outwith the scene presented to the viewer. Something has either happened or is about to happen. As viewers we are interrupting a specific moment of the drama.