Painting

I love the process of painting. Preparing substrates, gathering information from sketches and written notes, mixing and applying paint: it’s like a ritual. I get lost in the physical act of putting paint, and other media together. It’s like entering another dimension where time is irrelevant and the artwork that emerges comes intuitively.

Of course, in the process of making art there are challenges.  Visual challenges are created in the preliminary stages and I have to focus on how to move forward. Sometimes it involves covering whole sections with paint or collage; other times the artwork needs the addition of tonal contrasts or defined shapes. It’s the movement and energy that is required that I find so satisfying and absorbing. At some stage, I look at the work and I know it’s complete.