'painting'
combines text-based art and abstracted landscapes.  this work is part of my developing ‘once seen’ series of work, which now includes the abstracted views of the valley landscape observed from the artist’s studio.
 
the artwork reflects the interplay of text responding to a chosen word or theme connected to the hidden perpendicular placement of a connected word. The intention is that the viewer has to search the text to enable them to locate the ‘hidden word’, giving that ‘ah ha’ moment; once the hidden message has been deciphered, it will always be see, hence the phrase "once seen". 
the manipulation of typography drifts across the surface, creating cryptic messages that describe facets of the theme ‘painting’.
once seen explores the interplay of text in response to a chosen word or theme, connected through a hidden perpendicular placement of related words.
the intention is that the viewer has to search the text to enable them to locate the ‘hidden word’, giving that ‘ah ha’ moment; once the hidden message has been deciphered, it will always be seen, hence the phrase