Writing about the Paintings

‘Edge’

Acrylic and oil on canvas

50cm x 37cm

This painting is about a sense of an interior space. Crisp lines and solid shapes are contrasted with visible brushstrokes creating clarity with contrast and an area of reflection. Each shape suggests an expansion of the space. Overall calmness is achieved with the sense of the horizontal and harmonious colours.

'Toppling #1'

Acrylic on board

39cm x 27cm

This painting explores an interior space from a tilted perspective. Between two irregular square shapes, repeated blue lines suggest a pathway through a lop-sided gap. The short thin ascending lines have an ordered rhythm to them and create a strong focal point against the softer uneven rusty red surface. The single blue line helps to frame the gap before leading our eye across the midground suggesting another ‘way out.’ Depth is created with a sense of light across the centre. The limited colour palette allows us to feel immersed in the composition of skewed shapes and lines. The square shapes look as though they could be falling inwards, (which could suggest a hint of danger) closing in. However, the blue lines lead us out, they don’t prop things up but they act as a guide. What could be a claustrophobic space is given light and space.