Thoughts From A Painter

I began painting abstract works when I became fascinated by images that I cropped out of representational works about 15 years ago. This began a long journey into abstracting what I saw in front of me and taking the painting where my imagination would lead. The work is painted with a specific orientation. A description of their arrangement and orientation makes it possible to understand how the parts relate to each other. Many of these abstract orientation can be adjusted without compromising the strength of the composition. I find with many of these non-representational pieces they are not defined by one orientation but can be turned around to display an entirely different composition, I call them flip paintings. My work tends to carry certain elements of landscape, so I hope as you view the painting it might take you to a familiar place perhaps in your childhood memory or draw you into exploring what it is communicating to you now. Think of how you look at nature or the landscape in nature, you have to step back to see the whole picture but may be drawn into look more closely at a small detail. I hope that you can experience beauty and perhaps, a place or memory as you look at the paintings. While living in Ireland I experienced the richness of color and light and texture in the landscape of this beautiful country. This has set me on a path to continue my exploration of images through texture, color and light in my abstract pieces.