Things that don't fit into a category
A silent tear
Commission without brief for the Lost gardens of Heligan in Cornwall
“Everything we see hides another thing; we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.” Rene Magritte
Abridged statement
We are intrigued, apprehensive or fearful of the things we don’t see or understand.
Not just the physical world but also conflict, pain, loss, suffering, society, the future.
Once we ‘see’ those things which are ‘hidden’ we can begin to understand and structure them in our minds and our soul to the better good of ourselves, nature and society.
Too often do we only see the natural world through second hand rather than to go out and experience and understand it through sight, smells, touch, taste, sound and inner feelings of the natural world.
Understanding the symbiotic relationships of the world is paramount to its survival. Extinction is inevitable without understanding and understanding is nothing without action
Are we there just for certain species to hide behind or can we embrace all species? We strive for wealth but the real wealth is in the landscape.
Cornwall through light
Commissioned window for children's development canter, Dolphin house, Truro Cornwall
There was 2 windows to the entrance of of the CDC that had paper over them I used opaque and transparent plastic sheets and lead to create a faux stained glass. Depicting Cornish marine wildlife rare and common.
Murals
When I worked in the holiday trade I formed a company and themed 20 venues up to 1000 seats mainly children's clubs, Tiger club. But also swimming pools and adult venues. Unfortunately I dont have any images of the venues unless I find some hiding in a draw.
Here is a working drawing.
Floral
I did go through a period of flower paintings and learned to become ‘looser’ with the help of Ann Blockley.
Outside beach
An interesting and challenging project to turn a sunken patio in to a beach in a small cottage.
Black and whites
Im not a portrait artist but I have created a handful many years ago using conte crayon blocks
