All in a row
34 x34cm Acrylic on board. Framed.
 
All in a row, these beautiful roses lined up, a joy to explore in thickly textured, juicy paint.
 
Colour first, followed by texture, finally the subject. That makes me smile.
Distilling the overload of sensory information into a few simple brush strokes, choosing colours that enhance the blueness,  I think shows the essence of many years of art practice. How the paint works and is applied, and tuning into the marks and colors that resonate with my creative practice.
 
The collection of paintings for the Bath Art  Fair see a paring down of line and design to express and freshness and joy in the start of spring, and a new era.  I am distilling, on paper and with paint, what matters most to me in a painting.  I'm enjoying the challenge of stripping back extraneous detail, working out how to best use line, design and colour to communicate my joy in experiencing the subject.