Art Diagonale V residency / symposium in Wels, Austria. August 2023
Extract:
I started this residency making small paintings on paper that were related to my surroundings. Drawings and sketches as paintings no bigger than A4. This is often how I begin a new piece of work before they are expanded into larger pieces made on the floor using oils and acrylics.
I usually work from the floor as it feels free.
The paintings develop spontaneously driven by thoughts, feelings, and the mental and physical connections of my inner landscape to become part of the environment.
My work then moved to the outside and I found something to capture. The trees that line the banks of the river Traun. In years past the fast-moving river was transportation and a conduit for pollutants from paper factories. Some still make paper but the river is now cleaner. The trees stayed to watch it all pass by.
