Artist’s statement

Painting and drawing serve as modes of enquiry in my practice. Rather than presenting a fixed image or narrative, these artworks function as active surfaces through which image and meaning emerge in dialogue with the viewer.

My oil painting practice employs a slow method in which the image emerges through layering and revision, producing ambiguous surfaces that reward sustained looking. Removing objective references allows me to rely on painterly intuition, where gradations of hue and value replace descriptive detail. This process leads to the steady and methodical application of paint, balancing opacity and transparency. The resulting surface carries an impenetrable, symbolic quality and the reduction of tonal contrast requires the viewer to slow down and engage their visual senses.

Colour experimentation plays a central role in my practice and I work with limited palettes to explore perception as an active process. My recent focus has been on red and blue as it serves as a point of investigation: the creation of the colour purple. Purple does not exist as a single wavelength of light but emerges through the brain's integration of visual information. In this way, the paintings invite viewers to participate in the formation of the image itself. My intention is to produce surfaces that remain open and unstable, allowing the viewer to dwell in visual uncertainty as the image continues to unfold through time.