‘intangible’
this piece marked a subtle shift in my practice. like many works in the series, it began with a phrase. but it led me somewhere unfamiliar into a larger scale and onto gesso-primed plywood, a surface that demanded a different kind of conversation. an initial drawing was fixed with a layer of pva, allowing the graphite to remain visible as the surface evolved. traces of the beginning persist beneath what followed. the composition loosely recalls earlier work; ‘through the trees’ before loosening, softening, and drifting toward abstraction.
as the piece developed, control was gradually released. colour refused to stay where it was expected. it moved, adjusted, found its own balance across the surface. the process became less about directing and more about allowing about trusting the shifts as they occurred.
the word itself is an adjective. it describes what cannot be touched. emotions. thoughts. trust. memory. reputation. dreams. real, but not physical. this work attempts to sit in that space: present, yet elusive.
 
pure is an ongoing exploration of short phrases and sentences. simple at first glance, each piece conceals a complex process of colour selection, positioning, and the relationship between word and surface.
there’s a saying that a picture paints a thousand words but sometimes a phrase, carefully chosen and precisely arranged, can spark just as many questions, or lead you on an unexpected journey. it all depends on the words themselves, and the order in which they are placed. creating vivid imagery from my weirdly fascinating mind is an adventure and it is not always pure.
or perhaps the words simply exist to make you smile.