I read recently that it’s sometimes disconcerting for the viewer to stand in front of a work done by an abstract expressionist! I hope so….although I would love viewers to look, enjoy and involve themselves in my work. As there is no object in my work, some people find it hard to reconcile themselves to it. This canvas is a case in point….please just lose yourself for a minute!

This is a revisited canvas which I loved reworking whilst listening to David Bowie. I hope he’d enjoy it ! What a diverse talent he had.

Working in smaller formats is fun sometimes! Often the simplicity achieved is difficult to transpose to a large work.

Groundwork done at LeGlandier, France during a fabulous master class with Thibault deReimpre….then fine tuned at home.  Collage and mixed media. 

4 works on paper 50x65cm completed after the trek home to Sydney following an incredible week of learning, sharing, eating, drinking, absorbing and immersion in art!  LeGlandier, Villeherviers, France with Thibault de Reimpre.  Take away message was “give yourself authority”! 

A series of paintings on paper done with the inspirational teacher,  Thibaut de Reimpre.  What a week it has been.  For me, exploration, adventure and friendship make for good work.  

Fingers crossed for these works. 

Dark but intriguing 

These are the result of larger unresolved papers divided into manageable parts and then reworked. I will frame and regroup them.  Sometimes I aspire to magnifying smaller works into large pieces for their simplicity.  It’s very difficult to resolve a large work with bold simple spaces whilst still maintaining some “petite vibration”, as one of my mentors says!  

2 works on paper which have been reworked …..with orange accents and simplification. 67×101 cm