Where ART Lives Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 | Page 62

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“Essentially I’m an experimenter, always pushing my
House unique medium to see what else it can do. I use powder pigments, solvent paints and mediums and bake
them onto aluminium using a hotplate. The result is
an enamel like surface, durable and lightfast. Enamel
however is opaque; my medium has a translucent
quality. The powder pigments sink to the bottom and
bite into the aluminium leaving a clear upper layer.
The effect is rather like that of a tiger eye stone.

I explore many styles; fluid mixes will produce flowing forms whilst thickened mixes allow for working
figuratively. Perhaps I am naive in my approach to
painting in that I want to retain a sense of playfulness,
exploration and fun in my work. I have developed
myriad techniques over the years, but technique is
not enough. My medium needs high levels of control,
but I like to control it in the service of the freedom to
explore.
The drive to be a creative artist just is. It is a part of
my nature to paint and always has been. I try to express the energies of the world outside and within me,
but I don’t want to be defined. In a sense, my viewer
defines my work. Like most of the artists I know, I
want my paintings to speak for themselves.
Theatre designer, painter and poet Mircea Marosin
was my mentor and guide from 1993 until his death in
2007. He taught me more than I can say.
I was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, just a few
minutes walk away from the sea, which clearly remains a source of inspiration for me. I now live in a
small village close to the University town of
Cambridge, England.”
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