“I have a love affair with paint and painting and this passion runs through all the various subject matters and forms I tackle. I love the physical act of almost wrestling with paint and canvas, applying paint in an explosive way. Maybe this stems from my sporting background: I played first grade cricket from a young age, and this physical performance on the field, mirrors the physicality I bring to my painting. This current show is predominantly ‘portraits of the past’. I have re-engaged with paintings from my life – some I have seen in person, others are from books or from my art school history classes; but all have inspired and drawn me in. I have distorted these ‘abstract portraits’ using colour and form, fully aware that the challenge lies in how to re-interpret an image from my past and bring it back to life with freshness and vitality.”
