The Wee Man Painting

My creative practice now primarily involves the creation of emotionally charged wall art. I am familiar with several creative disciplines and will incorporate one or a variety of mediums dependent upon the concept. When my father got ill, it was difficult for me to interpret the visual decline of my dad and my emotional state. I had to find a new visual language for me one which would allow me to express thoughts, feelings and emotions. It wasn't until I was scattering his ashes that I saw a path open for me. As his ashes entered the dark waters, I was struck by their poetic majesty as the currents danced and pulled at his ashes in a random freeform abstraction. These ash forms haunted me in my grief and loss for a long time afterwards. I had to find a way to preserve and express the beauty and the sadness. After a year of research, I settled on epoxy resin with paints and inks. This has several advantages: 1. It took me away from the more conceptual side of my work. 2. Its very nature allows for a more freeform approach to creative expression. 3. I was learning a new technique and therefore broadening my creative lexicon. 4. It allowed for the creation of sellable artworks, rather than the limited and expensive conceptual path I had been struggling with in securing funding without sacrificing the final artwork aesthetic. Publications: 1986: X Times A one-off magazine promoting the practices of multimedia within the disciplines of fine art [editor and contributor] in the collection of St Martins School of Art Library Prizes: 1988 Atlantida Travel Prize London. Best work in-show.