As a painter I take inspiration from a variety of artists, from Ian Davenport to Shirley Kaneda. And as an abstract painter with a focus on the formal histories of abstract painting, it is no surprise that my attention is continually focused on the painters of the 1940's and 50's.
In my series of 2012 paintings, the work of Wlodzimierz Ksiaz was hugely influential. I became fascinated with the processes adopted by Ksiaz, as well as the characteristic thick impasto of his paint application.
Below outlines some of my favourite artworks that informed my paintings in 2012.
In my series of 2012 paintings, the work of Wlodzimierz Ksiaz was hugely influential. I became fascinated with the processes adopted by Ksiaz, as well as the characteristic thick impasto of his paint application.
Below outlines some of my favourite artworks that informed my paintings in 2012.
“Although there is no specific place, nature is more ‘really’ present than in most representational paintings. It is because of the ‘reality’ of the details. The details, shaped like brushstrokes, have committed shapes, and the colors have committed texture, hue, and substance. They are not muddy, which has nothing to do with the presence or absence of browns or grays, but with their being clearly what they are. Miss Mitchell has been attentive to outside nature and her inner experience, and she gives you something real.” Fairfield Porter on Joan Mitchell. From Reality and the Museum, 1961.
Henri Matisse, La
Tristesse du roi, 1952.
