I painted this series in a playful mood. It reflects the cheerful collage of suburbia when you view it from above. It is a fun series of colourful roof-tops, moving traffic, the ubiquitous backyard pools and the greenery that symbolises our ‘Garden State’. The serious, careful intricacy of my previous style is replaced by fun and speed. This is typical of my personality: I go through phases of being extremely pedantic and organised, followed by periods of gay abandon – when I realise that the laundry really can wait for another day because now is the time to just relax and have fun. I need a balance in life…order and chaos in equal doses, never allowing one to take over completely.
This fun fast funky series has captured the interest of young art lovers and the very young at heart. Some see echoes of Gustav Klimt’s style but I would say in retrospect that my state of mind while painting these related more to Jackson Pollock - but that is all academic. None of this was in my thoughts at the time of painting.

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