Artist's Statement:

 

'Emblems of Hope is a developing body of work that began in 2017.

 

Central to the work are notions of transition and transformation that link to a strong sense of place both physical and psychological. The paintings occupy a hidden symbolic space where dreams and reality merge.

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I am motivated by a desire to capture the sensation of something that is known but at the same time completely unknown by attempting to transform simple and familiar surroundings into a mythology of place and belonging by fusing the peculiarities of memory, imagination and constructed reality.

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Manifested as hidden areas on the margins of human occupation, composite landscapes emerge, that have a nocturnal and sometimes unsettling appearance. They are built up or layered from elements against a dark background from which verdant plant forms grow and amorphous shapes emerge. The details are either invented or observed separately in different places creating a gentle romantic and at the same time melancholic atmosphere.'