Lockdown
After a period of illness left me unable to leave the house and then the lockdown, I have started creating a series of new work.
The paintings illustrate how the lockdown has affected us all. They delve into
personal feelings about my illness, shielding and various interpretations on
what is happening in the world.
I paint whatever comes to mind about a particular aspect of the lockdown and social, political and medical issues surrounding the pandemic.
My work is intuitive as I paint from my imagination to start. There is always a meaning to the work though, a theme or a cause to raise awareness. To make this meaning clearer, I use photographs to get a detailed portrayal of a person, animal or scene.
I like to play with the viewers’ perception of
what is really going on in the painting.
I give the painting a seemingly self-explanatory title, but will
hide clues in the painting of an alternative meaning. Similarly, I will add bright, vibrant colours to an
otherwise bleak representation or leave large areas uncoloured or neutral to
isolate that area from the rest of the image.
Please click on the title of each image to find out more:
20 x 20” oil on canvas
[currently at Off the Wall Gallery, Cardiff] £450
12 x 16” oil and hand sanitiser on canvas
£340
20 x 16” oil on canvas
£560
16 x 20” oil on canvas
£560
22 x 16/16 x 22” [Interchangeable – can be hung either portrait or landscape] oil on canvas
£620
22 x 16” oil on canvas
£620
30 x 20” oil on canvas
£1,050
16 X 22” oil on canvas
£620
16 x 22” oil on canvas
£620
16 x 22” oil on canvas
£620
24 x 36” oil on canvas
£1,050