Unpolished Gems

This painting playfully explores colour and form through a strong mid-century modern influence. A network of rounded, irregular shapes is connected by flowing blue lines that move across the canvas like a chain of scattered stones or polished fragments. Each form is filled with soft yet rich colours—lavenders, blues, olives, warm creams, and muted pinks—applied with thick, confident brushstrokes that give the surface texture and vitality.

The loose outlines and visible paint marks add an expressive quality, while the overall arrangement remains balanced and rhythmic. The composition feels both spontaneous and carefully considered, with each shape interacting with its neighbour in a lively pattern.

With its bold outlines, playful geometry, and harmonious palette, the painting echoes the graphic charm of mid-century modern design while celebrating the joy of experimenting with colour, shape, and richly applied paint.

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Have been painting in Oils for 20 years, starting off in a traditional landscape/still life style, but gradually evolving to wherever inspiration, and the paint and colour take me. I have Illustrated Children's books, working in Acrylic, however the flow, movement and deep depth of colour of Oil's are truly addictive.

My art is wide and varied, and provides me with endless joy, with the odd moment of frustration along the way. The joy of my art is that I don't put any restrictions on it. It flows, it comes from ideas, visions and sometimes just from playing with paint. The whole point of being a creative person, is to be creative, so I can't lock into a particular style and paint that style over and over. The closest I come to that are my fish paintings, but I love my fish paintings, they are so relaxing, therapeutic and never quite the same as I chase the swimming fish around the canvas.
Sometimes I will start a painting with a particular idea, or style in mind, but as soon as I apply paint to the canvas I see something happening that I simply can't resist. So the original idea is taken over by the intriguing possibilities of the unknown creation that lies ahead. Sometimes that creation is nothing special, or lost in the overworked searches for that magic painting that came from nowhere. Sometimes, that magic painting does come from nowhere, and I stand back amazed and wonder how it happened. My years of experience have taught me to trust my artistic instincts, so more often than not, I am pleased with the results.
I have no doubt that my unrestricted "style" probably works against my marketable profile, but I love the way I can paint with freedom and I cannot wait to see what I come up with next.