'Residue'

A strange, city construction site hoarding caught my eye, lit by a harsh street light, late one evening as I hurried past. Some signage had fallen off it, leaving behind, wonderful, bizarre, coral pink glue dots, which seemed to also echo the sound of my footsteps. It grew into an almost tastefully controlled, yet totally musical, painting.

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Urban, abstract artist.
My passion is to explore the colours, patterns and textures of city environments. What are the emotional effects of the built surrounds on us?
I work with oils and industrial mixed media, on canvas.
So, for added authenticity, I like to mix gritty construction materials directly into the paint itself, including discarded items and everyday familiar fragments of our lives - as visual jolts and surprises.
To take a deep, close-up look at the traces of our humanity, within the dense urban overlay - to re-discover what resonates.
To seek-out unusual compositions. To incorporate found designs. To discover & share a ‘new music’ exuding from the pavements and plate glass windows, the cracks & peeling paint - recognisable things we so often pass by unnoticed. A deeper take into making sense of how all the parts fit together.
Diving into the 'beauty & the trauma' of it all!