I use paint as a tool to take ownership over an image. Working with photographs of familiar places, I manipulate the surface to challenge the viewer’s preconceived ideas of perception and space. Painting over prints of my past paintings challenges my practice, so that my skill as a painter is ever-evolving.
Working directly on top of the photographic imagery blurs the distinction between reality and imagination, bringing an on-going tension into play. v My work is created with the memory of sound, light and movement. The painting becomes an experience, immersing the viewer in a new reality which parallels life.
Each mark is considered in a precise balancing process so that tone, shape and dimension are consistent across the surface.
I work collaboratively with technology utilising the printer generated marks to inspire the application of paint. The paintings are completed as series’ so the journey from the first unedited photo to abstracted painting is an integral part of the ‘finished product’.
The collision of two elements – printed image and painted landscape creates a new hybrid form of image; abstracting the photograph and focussing in on colour, texture and materiality.
