Biography of a daydreamer

 

Each trace portrays a different story ... it just depends whose eyes they fall upon

 

 

 

Artistic approach...

 

Since childhood, I spent a lot of time observing the beauty or construction of elements around me; the texture of a tiny petal, the intricate play of threads that make up a piece of fabric or the ingenious construction of packaging always caught my eye...

 

I loved, and still love, observing forms textures and movement, but as a child I was particularly conscious of the emotion I felt as a result. These emotions often took the form of a colour, a colour I could rarely define.

 

 

From Leicester in England where I was born in 1958, via Barbados my parent’s birthplace, I then went onto Martinique to finally settle down and breathe in the air of the 'French Caribbean'...my home for now over 30 years.

 

The change of environment had the effect of a slap in the face. For example, the neutral coloured façade of a home in England suddenly seemed nondescript when contemplating the varying pastel shades of homes in the Caribbean. Colour seemed altogether important and apparent. Consequently, my awareness of colour and light was sharpened and altered from the transition.

 

 

Technically speaking...

 

I am inspired by the impressionist art movement with great painters such as Monet and Manet... but being a self-taught artist, the works of those such as Picasso, Basquiat or Kadinsky, always allowed me to think out of the box.

 

Of my own work, most images are blurred, swiped or scraped using uncalculated strokes. My paintings are often a play of spreading colour, adding or taking away light or shade so as to allow forms to emerge. I may express myself with paint on canvas or with words on a page. Either one is spontaneous.

 

My true liberty and love of expression lies in the form of abstract art, and within this, spontaneity is key to expressing what cannot be spoken. Forms and lines become words, and words speak!

 

My desire to leave a trace and allow the receiver to determine their own message, regardless of my own, is paramount. A dual meaning, a dual ownership: I consider that I have accomplished half of the journey, the visual part...the rest is completed internally, with the receiver, whose thoughts, interpretation and emotions make the journey complete.