Heliogene

Inspired by organic shapes but then reimagined by reducing these to a hard edged pattern the elicits a visual tension and created an energetic effect. Changing the organic shapes by adding a geometric component to them subverts the natural expectations and creates a different vector of energy. I am committed to experimenting with the idea behind this process and of holding the forms in this zone between the organic and the geometric because it naturally then poses questions and creates a visual dialogue that is somewhat unique. The careful choice of colour then adds the necessary vibrancy in combination with the way these shapes interlock.'
The title of the work was suggested by the writhing shapes of sunspots on the solar surface and the processes by which they emerge and develop.
Fractal-like patterning and free form tesselations ar also an influence here. An artwork that should be a centrepiece for room.

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Engaged in a wide variety of art projects over the years.
Completed a UniSA Visual Arts Degree in 1995
Stencil Art Prize 2017 Finalist (Touring exhibition)
Full time career as GIS analyst until 2020 (while making art)
Decided to go pro as an artist in 2023
Member of Red House Group artists community
Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize finalist August 2023

Visual art practice - My artwork covers a wide variety of styes and techniques and I am as comfortable with more conceptual work as I am with the decorative and design aspects of visual art. I am currently concerned with personal meanings and tensions between human scale values and earth scales. I like to frame an idea like a ‘cartoon’ with simple elements in a unique conflict. My art also explores the conceptual boundaries of different disciplines, the representation of spatial concepts and views of the landscape, relationships of scale and the symbology of numbers.

Contemporary design art - A subset of my practice is connected with another branch of my work experience as a production artist. Although I often attempt to keep the conceptual work and the more decorative work separate, at times the visual design aspects of artwork in the contemporary design and decor frame can be a point from where where my more conceptual work draws strong organising principles. When these overlap in a meaningful way I tend to let them cross-pollinate each other.

I started painting while at secondary school and worked as a production artist after leaving school
Why did I mention painting at school? Because important impulses show up early. Definitely not because of some kind of nostalgia.

Other influences and interests: Music composition and production, Conceptual art, Sculpture and assemblage, Graphic design, Symbolism, Mythology, Psychology, Ancient cultures, Archaeology, Cosmology...