Gallery

NEW WORK MARCH 2010







INSPIRED BY THE NEW WISLEY TROPICAL GLASSHOUSE

My art is an eclectic mix of vibrant paintings executed in oils, acrylics, mixed media, and inks. I sometimes work on textured canvas and am interested in expressing my creativity in both abstract and figurative styles.

The following slide show is a glimpse into the varied subjects
and styles that I like to experiment with

The energy created by the elements is the basis for all
movement within the landscape and is key to these images,
which also aim for visual harmony.



Paintings inspired by a poem.
The Sensitive Plant, by Percy Bysshe Shelley.




Then the weeds which were forms of living death;
Fled from the frost to the earth beneath.
Their decay and sudden flight from frost,
Was but like the vanishing of a ghost.

The poem romantically explores the life of a plant throughout its growing year. The figure is used as a metaphor for the weeds in which it flees from the frost to the safety of the ground beneath, in the way that a plant dies down for the Winter to protect itself from the cold. The use of strong colours emphasises those found in nature and at the same time gives the images a sense of fantasy.

The paintings were executed in Oil on Canvas 119 cms x 78 cms.

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'If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere' Vincent Van Gogh