Cup with Orange and plate

Cup with Orange and plate.

The price of this painting reflects the many hours of work that goes into a painting this size. Unlike smaller work that I do Alla prima (in one sitting) this painting requires different technique. Building the painting in layers yet retaining the same painterly effect.

Making use of the Zorn palette. Cadmium Red Deep, Ivory black, Yellow Ochre and White.

For this painting I added a touch of Magenta to the Ivory black to make the lovely dark purple background. I also added a touch of Old Holland blue to make the table top a bit cooler.

This limited palette of colours allows for a unity and harmony of colour. It simplified the artistic process and gave focus to the values and brush strokes. Giving the work a strong sense of realism and abstraction.

Taking the tradition of everyday items and creating art that celebrates the simple things in life.

Painted on home made artboard with backing frame this art is sturdy in construction and ready to hang.

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In order to progress as an artist I narrowed my focus to painting still lifes. I spent at least a year on this and learned to develop new techniques and interesting approaching to creating my style. I've been fortunate that many collectors around the world added those still lifes to their collections. As an artist I like new challenges so although I still enjoy painting still lifes, my Work has now shifted to abstract work. Often taking inspiration from the Australian landscape and now using my love of music to inspire me. I strive to build a collection of artworks that consistently reach levels of high quality and originality, as I continue to forge my own artistic style. Experimenting with colour, emotion, light, shade, value and form thru works that are abstract creations thru to works based on realism. Ideally a combination of both. My artistic mindset is mostly derived from the teachings and philosophies of past masters. Henri Matisse for example, “ What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue”. From this, my focus at it’s simplest is to create works of beauty. To engage with the viewer, to remind them of a time, place or memory, but not to tell them what that is, for them only to see it themselves is my highest reward. To reconnect them with something they carry within that they can associate with a visual in the form of an artwork. I have sold artworks from my residence in Perth Western Australia to locations locally, nationally and internationally.