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The years are passing more quickly now, and as they do my interest in life and how it is lived facinates me more and more. That is why I make art.

Painting: Oil & Acrylics

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Spring And Autumn, Diptych, Acrylic on linen bonded to wood panel. 96.8 x 290 x 3.3 cm
Layers, Blue, Red And Green (Triptych) Oil on wood panel, Overall dimensions: 51 x 173 x 2.8 cm
Cathedrals, (oil on paper bonded to fibreboard, 98cm x 110cm) “Man is what he believes.” ― Anton Chekhov Cathedral definition: the largest and most important church in the diocese, from Latin cathedra “seat”. I have a cathedral; it is the seat of my views, my view of the world, and my interpretation of existence. The lesser churches within the diocese can present conflicting viewpoints, the Cathedral endeavours to provide a sense of entity, of oneness from these disparate elements. I used to think that truths and ideals that form my cathedral were solid definable elements that engage to form a single whole; some contemporary philosophers dispute the existence of the “self”. I can understand that view because knowledge, learning, place, mood, circumstances and relationships, or changes within these deny me definable edges to the various ideals and belief that are my cathedral. It is the paradox of the certainty and oneness I feel and the uncertainty of the views that form that certainty that was the primary driver in the making of this work.
Cathedrals, 98cm x 110cm x 0.9 cm
Fate, The Three Morai, 69.5 x 51 x 5 cm
A cubist style painting of the beach huts at Chapel Point, Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire.
Beach Huts At Chapel Point, 54.5×54.5×4.4 cm
Stubblefield at Sunset, 212.7 x 102.5 x 3.2 cm.
Archimedian Spiral, Frame 52 x 44 x 7.5 cm
Embrace, Acrylic on canvas, 75 x 110 x 3 cm
Siorraidh, 106 x 201 x 6.5 cm
Red Sails In The Sunset, Image: 34.7 x 30.4 x 0.6 cm
Every Time We Say Goodbye, Image: 34.7 x 30.4 x 0.6 cm
Autumn Leaves, Image:34.7 x 30.4 x 0.6 cm
The image is created with broken and distorted shapes. It depicts a gecko and a half full glass on a table in from of an open window looking out on a Mediterranean style vista. The Gecko with two feet raised and two on the grounded on the table. Looking at whether the glass is half full or half empty, this Gecko who lives in the desert only has two feet on the hot sand at any time to alleviate the discomfort. Half full of half empty are often seem through our perception of our circumstances.
“The Gecko And A Half Full Glass”
Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 60 x 4 cm
Twelve Circles, Acrylic on wood panel, 76 x 121 x 2.5 cm.