ARTIST'S STATEMENT

For me these canvases are the ground upon which we attempt to conduct a series of ceremonies which represent the REUNION of savage spirits and flesh that certain forces have conspired to divide over the course of the centuries. They are visual chants and dances meant to restore the voices of our ancestors, they are celebrations of the shamanic. I believe my work to contain a strong personal and spiritual narrative. Using figurative and abstract form I base my work on board, painting in oil, enamel and wax, pouring, scratching, erasing the surface and re-working the surface until I feel the image contains the right 'intensity', colour and texture for the purpose of the subject

Largely images derive from the 'sub conscious' although they are based on actual events, dreams or fantasies related to relationships, love, death and dreams. In addition these images often contain outside pictorial imagery from diverse subjects such as literature, film, pornography and erotica. The strength of these images being as important as actual events.

I believe my work to lie somewhere between reality and fantasy.