AbstractS
2023 — 2025:
These pieces were created using mark-making techniques that combine oils, acrylic house paints, dyes, glue, wax, bleach and other solvents. The paint is applied using dying techniques, squeegees, palette knives, paint scrapers, rags, and directly by hand. This creates thick, viscous oceans of psychedelic colours - and within them, hidden worlds that evoke dreams, ghosts and memories.
The physicality of how the mixed media is applied combines elements of action painting and process art, invoking abstract expressionism and neo-Dadaism. The resulting fabrics are then stretched, collaged or draped onto other canvases and linens and hung in and around timber frames, often blurring the line between 2D painting and 3D sculpture.
Nightmare Beach, 2022. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 152x101x7cm
I Dreamed a Dream (Within a Dream), 2022. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 153x92x7cm
Dripping Dream, 2025. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 183x102x7cm
Last Splash, 2024. Oil, acrylic, silicone, oil stick, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 105x84x9cm
Holiday Ultra, 2024. Oil, acrylic, glue, dye, dirt, beer, surf wax on unstretched linen and cotton duck in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 180x123x14cm
Swimming Pool, 2025. Acrylic and glue on primed canvas. 184cm x 91cm
Dream House, 2024. Oil, acrylic, house paint, glue on canvas in artist’s reclaimed timber frame, 192x102x7cm
Black Lagoon, 2025. Acrylic and glue on primed canvas. 84cm x 51cm
Malicious Intent, 2025. Acrylic and glue on primed canvas. 84cm x 51cm
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