The palette starts as a blank canvas, paint is applied and mixed for a purpose but the resulting shapes, brush marks, colours and textures are unwittingly juxtaposed in an accidental way. This to me is a manifestation of the unconscious accident.
The strong black line takes a walk over the dry palette in a free form way but is consciously constructed in response to the visual elements already made. Other small adjustments to improve the composition are consciously added following further judgmental analytical processes.
The result is a non representative abstract painting which vividly illustrates the conscious and subconscious mind working together.
King Parrot Landscape 1 2023 acrylic and colage on canvas 50x40cm
King Parrot Landscape 2 2023 acrylic and colage on canvas 50x40cm
King Parrot 3 2023 acrylic and colage on canvas 50x40cm
My Matter Paintings.
Old doors can make a good base. Some of my matter paintings make use of them.
Sometimes I call these works assemblages or bas relief.
Disused machine parts, sticks, stones, unwanted jewellery, string, toys, you name it, can be added to my structures. I use various paints, acrylic, oil, or house paint that is excess to purposes.
I enjoy the process but take it just as seriously as any art practice that I indulge in. Composition is very important and I hope to make something that has potency and appears to be revealing knowledge.
Lost and Found 2024 acrylic and collage on canvas 50x40cm
Looking for Bushrangers mixed media and found objects on canvas 61x76cm private collection
The Seven Mile Diggings acrylic and found objects on board 25x30cm
Ukraine mixed media and found objects on canvas 45x75cm
Whangamata Seascape 2012 mixed media and found objects 50x30cm
My Boab paintings
Denise and I spent ten nights in the East Kimberley sleeping in swags on the ground, no tent, but very happy in the million star hotel.
We also were amazed at the Boab trees, bottle trees, trees with their roots coming out the top.
In particular the "prison tree" Boab that we saw near Wyndham was very surprising. A huge bulk with endless amusing graffiti carved into its bulbous bark, and with underwear, shoes and other things hanging from its very weird branches.
The tree had an opening cut into it revealing a hollow interior which was supposedly used as a prison for the aborigines who were being taken to court during the killing times.
Bottle Green Boab acrylic on canvas 60x40cm
The Big Blue Boab Sep 07 acrylic on canvas 130x190cm
Potato Boab 2004 acrylic on canvas 76x51cm
Boab Country 08 mix media on paper 56x76cm
Prison tree Boab.
A very grotesquely comical looking thing with all sorts of objects hanging off its branches, shoes, various articles of clothing, etc and graffiti carved into its wrinkly bark.