Renewal

‘Lilacs are one of the first flowers to bloom in spring. Their beautiful soft colour, wonderful scent and large clusters of blooms always remind me of my father’s garden in Worcestershire. Happy times were spent there in spring, lifting the gloom of an English winter. The world all of a sudden seemed a brighter place, full of promise of better days to come. The fish in his pond beneath the lilacs also started to swim more purposefully and feed, as they too, I assumed, enjoyed the warmer water.’

‘All of my work is created by blowing acrylic paint using only my breath. I do not use any equipment at all (including straws) and do not physically touch at all the canvas or glass on which I paint.’ I am an artist inspired by the movement of water and the way the water surface abstracts the aquatic forms below. My paintings explore this combination, using palettes of contrasting colours and negative space. As in nature, the ever-changing light on the paint reveals the subtle texture of the water caused by its own flow and that by the form beneath. Through my work, I hope to express the calmness and intrigue that water brings me. Work that continues to surprise and brings tranquillity to a space and some serenity to people’s lives. This price is for the unframed art only.'

Acrylic on canvas. Frame not included in price.

Size (not including frame): 120cm x 74cm.

Location: On display in the gallery in Wimbledon.