Artist Statement
My practice is deeply intuitive, existing in a space between passive material behaviour and deliberate intervention - realised through staining, layering, expressive movement and controlled mark making.
I am interested in the point of tension within a painting, when the instability of fluid material movement and deliberate gesture coexist, allowing the work to remain transitional and open. Processes of dismantling, renewing, layering and reframing introduce resistance to fluid painterly marks.
Organic processes are mirrored in the layered, gestural and often accidental qualities of my work. Cycles of renewal deeply inform my practice through continuously dismantling and reworking discarded pieces in pursuit of new potentials. Through this, time and process become physically embedded within each painting.
My abstractions aim to evoke a sensory form of knowledge for both artist and viewer, in which meaning is not fixed, but rather communicated through sustained attention and embodied engagement - qualities which feel increasingly crucial in the culture of rapid digital consumption.
In my practice, painting is less about image making, and more about an open, continuously evolving site of negotiation - shaped by materiality, time, intuition and regeneration, rooted in reciprocity and presence.
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