Category: Influences
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Looking to Raphael
I have always worked in two veins…one which is very personal and one which is more “public”, for lack of a better word. The people in the paintings in The Way We Were are from pop culture print media, referencing old department store catalogues and pulp romance novels. While they are paintings of people, these…
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Blooming Florals
Sometimes it’s funny when you think you’ve stumbled across a great idea, only to realize later looking back that it’s been there all along. The body of work in my upcoming exhibition has developed from a decade of painting portraits in oil. I love using oils because of the jewel-like colours and the transparency of…