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The Strangeland Series captures the essence of artistic exploration through the abstract painting process. Each piece uniquely combines vibrant colors, dynamic shapes, and intriguing textures to reflect a journey into abstraction and a dreamlike sense of place. ​Consciously stepping away from the more literal references to landscape in my Latent and Wayfinder series, these paintings have taken me on a journey further into abstraction with a greater emphasis on the interplay

Where's the 'Off' switch? There must be one somewhere.... I'm working on a big painting at the moment, which is actually three panels..

In this VLOG I'm creating some simple shape monotype prints to use in the initial collage layer of a new painting.

What makes you happy? It could be any number of things....a coffee and catch up with friends; a family celebration; an ice-cream on a sunny day or a swim in the ocean. These things can all create feelings of intense contentment in the moment, a joy and happiness that surpasses anything else. But they can also be fleeting and not necessarily easily replicated to the extent that they bring you the same quantity or quality of joy time after time; they're subject to possible vari

Easing gently into 2025? Sounds like a perfect way to start the year....... That was the plan. In fact I considered not even writing a January newsletter as I thought things would be so quiet I'd have nothing to share! How wrong can you be?

What do you give an artist for Christmas? There's something that's top of my list this year...... No, it's not paint, or new pencils or brushes or even workshop experiences or a special gallery visit (though I'd love to be gifted a quick trip to Sydney to see the Magritte exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.....) But in reality, it's none of those things.