"It is possible to load the image with different meanings so that it works on several levels as the medium and context are changed" (From Richard Francis’s book on Jasper Johns- 1984)
I too work using several different media, be it acrylic paint on canvas or board, digital images and computer prints, or even the use of nail varnish and Tippex pens. My interest lies with utilising systems sequence and correlation in general and so the same images are often repeated. I am drawn to the duality of having a defined structure within which I must work whilst being able to apply endless concepts and approaches within this framework. Thus the art that I produce can be as much about the system being used as it is about a particular theme or emotion. Dialogues can be developed from Individual works that create a related series if hung together, Individual modules/panels of the same multi-component work or Individual areas of the same individual work that create a cognitive dialogue within themselves
For much of the past 6 years my starting point has been the simple Cuisenaire rod abacus: a system of 10 counting rods each with associated colours used to teach maths back in the 1960's. Works can generally be described as abstract and use strong colour in relation to existing systems; such as the cycles of nature, numbers, energy waves and colour therapy bottles. More recently I have been utilising landscape –in it’s broadest sense - as a subject matter and system, to explore a narrative that nudges the borders of abstraction and experiments with the correlation of time, looking, experiencing and relating to space. The aim is always to positively stimulate the viewer’s aesthetic and emotional responses, whilst engaging their mind conceptually.
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