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My interest in painting clouds began as a form of escapism. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the pace of life these days and the process of painting clouds was a way for me to freeze a tiny moment in time of an ever evolving form.

 

My paintings are studies of light and texture. The luminosity and light-fastness of oil paints allow me to experiment with compositions of varied depths. In my cloudscapes I have tried to create both a sense of depth by building up glazes of blues and greens, and also a sense of immediacy by forcing the foreground forward with layers of opaque white. I have created these compositions without a horizon line as this frees me to take the viewer into the atmosphere of the work and avoid grounding the work.

 

I see this work as an extension of my previous theme, though the subject matter is quite different.  For the last 8 years I have painted large-scale floral paintings that likewise experimented with texture and light. These floral works were a way of delving into an unnaturally inflated view of these beautiful small things.

 

I am interested in trying to capture moments of the natural world, to recreate shapes and textures subject to entropy, subjects that will naturally decay and devolve with time. I am one of those people who does tend to rush things, I talk quickly, I often don’t look where I’m going because I’m in a hurry, but in my studio I am able to be slow and deliberate. In a world where some days it feels everything moves too quickly: flowers wilt, phones ring, clouds disperse; an artwork has the ability to stand still.

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If you want to know anything more about me and my work, please don't hesitate to get in touch!