Paintings that explore external & Internal Landscapes
It's about the discovery
After working abstractly for some time, I realized how I unwittingly seem to embed my personal experience of a landscape into my paintings, both my internal and external experiences. I find this creative process both fascinating as well as challenging, but ultimately incredibly rewarding. See art works in my Gallery.
My Art Practice
A Creative Experience
I describe my work as paintings that are explorations of both external and internal landscapes. My work is process driven, with several pieces on the go and no end point in mind. This allows me to create intuitively and gives the space for each painting to develop its own unique history. I often step back to adjust the composition and check that my colours are bold and contrasting, however, it is important that throughout the process, my work is created from a sense of "experience". By that I mean, my experience of creating, my experience of my materials, my experience as a living part of a greater landscape.
At some point there will be a moment where the painting starts to make suggestions, and I will intuitively follow this lead. Essentially it's like picking up clues that it’s giving me and chasing them, sometimes for a while, sometimes until the end. It is essential to balance the freedom I feel with a sensitive and analytical approach to guide the painting's completion.
Study
Artistic Study
Cheryl Takes - Sketchbook Challenge 30 Day Course
Mark Eanes - Language of Design Online Course
Nick Wilton - Art2Life Creative Visionary Path Online Art Program
Cheryl Taves - Insight Creatives - Artist Mindset Coaching
Alice Sheridan - Connected Artists Online Art Business Program
Fiona Neal - Painting Intuitively Workshop - Kelowna BC
Corre Alice - Abstract Painting Workshop - Penticton BC
Robert Berridge - Online Course
Jane Davies - Online Course
Kindrie Grove - Monthly Mentoring Program - Penticton
Emily Carr University of Art & Design Graphic Design Degree Program, Vancouver BC
Langara College Fine Arts Program, Vancouver BC
