Abstraction is a wonderful opportunity to experiment and to evoke emotions rather than to depict a realistic scene. It’s also a chance to play with colour and form and sometimes unexpectedly find harmony or tension in a composition. For the viewer, it leaves more up to the imagination and to individual interpretation.
APPARITION OF AN ANGEL, acrylic on two canvas panels, 72″ x 48″ 
ISLAND WITH SUPERIMPOSED DRAGONFLY, acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 16″ 
OPPOSING FORCES OF FIRE AND WATER, acrylic on canvas, 60″ x 45″ 
STAINED GLASS ABSTRACTION, hand coloured copperplate etching, 12″ x 24″ 
CHAMBERS OF THE HEART, Chinese brush painting with crinkle texture, ink and watercolour, 
PORTRAIT OF CAMOUFLAGED GRANDSONS, acrylic on canvas, 60″ x 36″ 
BECOMING ORGANIC MATTER, acrylic on canvas, 60″ x 40″ 
DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS (Blaster’s Maze), acrylic mixed media, 40″ x 30″
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