Visible, Invisible, Veiled

In a state of osmosis is a multi-layered yellow, green, blue and red painting, with distinct areas of each colour plus broken grids over, again in each colour. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm.
In a state of osmosis, 2015, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm

 

 

The ‘Voyage Out: Land and Sea’ led directly to ‘In a state of osmosis’, the first painting exploring natures broken grids.

 

At the time I wrote in my journal:

 

'And there is also the thought that the grids represent a veil - allowing glimpses beneath, whilst also distorting and hiding, shading, holding back. Is this something to do with the spirit - which is unseen and yet its presence is felt, known, acknowledged and simultaneously hidden from view?’

The Voyage Out - Land and Sea. A yellow, blue and red painting with six circles floating over the canvas which is divided into sections of red, blue and yellow. Over two thirds are broken grids in blue and red. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm.
Voyage Out- Land & Sea
Lifeforce
Yellow lichen on bare branches against a blue sky.
Yellow lichen on bare branches against a blue sky.
Elemental, 2016, Acrylic on Moulin de Larroque paper, 84 x 84cm

These paintings celebrate life, nature, the feminine and the spirit, aiming to capture the exhilaration of connection through colour, gesture and material.

In a liminal zone. A bright painting of bold greens, yellows and pinks on a pale aqua background with grids and semi-circles of overlapping colours. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm
In an Liminal Zone
Lighting up the sky at night. A dark blue background covered with broken grids in a mixture of blues, reds, yellow, green and peach. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm.
Lighting up the sky at night
Sun on my Face is covered with a grid in viridian, beneath which are paler grids in orange, red, yellow and pale green, giving the feeling of seeing what lies behind the organic viridian grid. Acrylic on Moulin de Larroque paper, 84 x 84cm.
Sun on my Face
Sun on my face
Wind pushing back my hair
I imagine levitating
And then dissipating
Into the green
Of the air
Orbital contains multiple lines creating orbits in blue, charcoal and deep copper on a paler blue background. Acrylic on Moulin de Larroque paper, 84 x 84cm.
Orbital

Nature is full of broken grids. Walking in the woods I observed their changing colours and appearance, asking ‘is nature hiding’ and ‘what is nature hiding’, as well as considering whether “a broken grid relates to breaking out?”.

 

What is beyond is a large banner with multiple layers of organic lines and areas of pooled paint in two reds, white and silver. Acrylic on unprimed canvas, 176 x 140cm with image 136 x 140cm.
What is beyond
What is held within is a dense painting with layers of organic lines and pooled paint in purple, yellow, red and purple-red over a pale blue background, representing a hedgerow on a summers day. Acrylic on unprimed canvas, 190 x 140cm, image 160 x 140cm.
What is held within

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