I established Splatter gallery in 2013 after many years of doing everything else to put bread on the table but my main passion and dream which is to create and teach art. 7 Years ago, I found the perfect gallery space to create, hang my art and that of fellow artists and to teach. I am highly visually orientated and maybe a little different in how I approach and teach art but I lovf creating and dabbling in whatever medium I can get my hands on. I don't set out to produce art about one subject or another, although my work tends to focus on landscapes, seascapes, portraits and colour.
None of it is intentional - it all develops and evolves over time.
I prefer not to explain any particular piece of work - if I've made a picture and that's how I wanted it to be - hopefully it can speak for itself and whatever it says to the viewer - it becomes the right message because there isn't a wrong and a right message.
Each person takes something a little different from the same picture and I'm happy with that.
My influences are first and foremost everything I see, feel and experience; I do love colour and texture and although a realist at heart, I love showing the brushstrokes in each of my paintings...
I would love to reach a level of photo realism in my work and then once having gained that level of skill; would like to step back and once again show the brushstrokes and different tones, values and hues of colour in any further work…
I have dabbled in most mediums; watercolour, pastel but really love my acrylics and oils… They showcase the brightness of any subject I choose, the most. I paint mainly from photographs, usually several taken from different angles and then evolve the painting from there.
I have been painting on and off now for over 30 years, more often off than on and am finally in a place where I can focus on getting better at what I love to do…