Texts on Paintings
Lantern Glasshouse is part of a series celebrating the seemingly barren but necessarily dormant winter earth at my allotment, darkly framing glowing glasshouses symbolic of the growth and potential to come.
Mirror Boat II has sprung a leak but this enables it to carry bright reflections of the sky from its dark harbour.
Safe Journey I & II made during a challenging and transitional phase reflect a desire to make as safe a journey as possible in contemplation
The pieces below were made in collaboration with and inspired by the images of the photographer, musician and film maker Alex Kozobolis
Waiting for the Thaw which is part of a winter series, depicts a fragile white chair glowing in the yellowy light of dormant energy encased in an icy glasshouse below a deadening slate sky. I aspire to work with things that seem difficult but if embraced prove necessary and helpful, such as the hibernation of winter, in the spirit of optimism.
You Read To Me There and Deep Water below are part of a series of paintings recording the capturing of precious memories and moments in time, while on a 3 month adventure through British Columbia, the Yukon and the Arctic Circle
