Painting introduction
introduction
Painting for me is an emotional and expressive process, deeply rooted in intuition and instinct. I allow each work to evolve naturally, guided by feeling rather than fixed intention. Initial ideas often shift and transform as I paint — a reflection of how life itself changes, requiring moments of erasure, reworking, and renewal. I see the act of painting as a dialogue between control and surrender, where colour becomes a language for emotion and energy. My practice is inspired by the great painters who have come before me, yet it is ultimately about finding honesty within my own expression — embracing movement, imperfection, and the unpredictable rhythm of creation.
painting is a window to the soul
canvas
canvas
orange & brown
(150cm x 100)acrylic on canvas
red, black and white(30cm x 40cm) acrylic, collage, acrylic markers, biro
'untitled 24' acrylic, oil pastel (100cm x 100cm)
‘untitled 25'acrylic, oil pastel (100cm x 100cm)
'fertile grounds' (30cmx40cm)Acrylic, oil pastel
‘beginning of the end’ acrylic, oil pastel (90cm x 90cm)
privately commissioned piece
'Mary' (110cm x 110cm) acrylic fluid, acrylic paint, oil pastelprivately commissioned artworkPAPER
A1 acrylic, ink, oil pastel, charcoal
5m paper roll, spray paint, acrylic fluid, acyrlic
A3 acrylic, spray paint, painter markers, biro
‘pink, green, red’ A1 acrylic, oil pastel, ink
A1 acrylic, spray paint, acrylic markers, biro
‘untitled 17’ (120cm x 90cm) acrylic, oil pastel
‘delayed response’
This work emerged through an instinctive and intuitive process, allowing the painting itself to guide each decision.The composition developed organically, with forms, colour, and text unfolding in response to one another. The piece is created on a recycled canvas originally used in my Secret Gallery exhibition at Yorkshire Artspace — a conscious choice that reflects my interest in reworking and recontextualising older paintings. By layering new ideas over remnants of the past, I explore how meaning shifts through time, and how renewal can exist within the act of revisiting and transforming what once was.
painting & INSTALLATION
This installation explores the prolific and instinctive nature of creative release. The door acts as a threshold — a point where internal thought spills into the external world. As materials cascade outward, they symbolise the sudden opening of a space within the mind, one previously unnoticed or inaccessible. This moment of release speaks to the overflow of expression that follows — uncontrolled, abundant, and deeply human. The work becomes a visual metaphor for the subconscious act of creation, where intuition leads and form emerges through instinctive flow.
