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Zambia, Central Africa was where I grew up until migrating to Australia in 1976. Since then I have lived all over Australia: Perth, Alice Springs, Adelaide, Brisbane and now Melbourne. As a contemporary Australian oil painter, I combine expressing current issues with a myriad of visual influences and experiences that I was exposed to as a child. These can be seen in the bold use of line and colour, strong, sculptural forms and the play of narrative. My ongoing interest in artists from the Renaissance, Modernism and Abstract Expressionism combined with a love of literature, ecology and mysticism have provided my work with multiple layers and meanings from a range of influences. The Shona sculptures of Zimbabwe are a reference for my figures and my approach to colour fields can be attributed to the influence of Emily Kngwarreye and Mark Rothko. The paintings also express a deep metaphorical and psychological intent. The subject matter is deeply emotional on a personal level, but at the same time expresses feelings of a universal consequence. I have, over the period of three decades, worked on an exacting and rigorous search for self, combined with a quest to create a world of dream and reflection. The work explores transience and transformation, with the riddle of identity at its core. To express the journey of transformation on a flat surface, I use tone and geometry to guide the process of looking, to create movement and depth. The surface of the painting is a world and the boundaries of the painting are the edge of their world. The images are crafted, as if sculptured through the application of paint. The development of the paintings are guided though emotion, imagination and ultimately allowing the work to emerge.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:14:59 +0000

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