Antarctica
- Forms
- Tents
(echoes series)
- Cape Bird Images
- Icescapes 1
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Icescapes 2
Coastal Profiles
The Human Imprint
(obsolete structures)
Land Forms

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Human
Imprint : obsolete structures
Images
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This work
is part of a series using utilitarian structures in a coastal
setting that I have worked upon over the past 15 years exploring
the following ideas and formal issues:
- The eroding and unifying effects of natural forces upon
these structures. The idea of the coastline as a marginal
zone where elements collide and the fluid erodes the solid.
- The use of diagonals and exaggerated spatial recession
contribute to the sense of transience and instability.
- To convey a dimension of present and future by describing
ongoing processes rather than just copying surface appearances
with no understanding.
- To explore the interaction of the physical nature of paint
as embodied in the use of gesture with the illusionistic
devices used to create an image
- In this work I was particularly interested in the relationship
between the triangular forms of roof, island & mountains.
I also found the grid-like structure of niches at the end
of the building fascinating & will be exploring this further
in future.
- The structures I have used in these paintings are neither
grand or significant (often their original function is obscure)
thus they provide fertile sites for new imaginings & interpretations.
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 "A Place To Change 2" |
 "A Place To Change 3" |
 "A Place To Change 4" |
 "A Place To Change" |
 "Boys, A Place To Change" |
 "Bait Shed" |
 "Bait Shed 4" |
 "Bait Shed 5" |
 "Bait Shed 6" |
 "Cast Aside" |
 "Danger Sign" |
 "Aid To Navigation" |
 "Markers" |
 "Frames On The Land 2" |
 "Frames On The Land 3" |
 "Frames On The Land" |
 "Monument" |
 "Empty Vessels 1" |
 "Empty Vessels 2" |
 "Empty Vessels 3" |
 "Eroding Defences 2" |
 "Eroding Defences" |
 "Eroding Defences" |
 "Eroding Defences" |
 "Eroding Defences 3" |
 "Eroding Defences 6" |
 "Foundations Series 1" |
 "Foundations Series 2" |
 "Foundations Series" |
 "Standing On The Margin 1" |
 "Standing On The Margin" |
 "Reclaimed Space 1" |
 "Reclaimed Space 2" |
 "Reclamation Blocks Fragment 1" |
 "Reclamation Blocks Fragment 2" |
 "Reclamation Blocks Fragment 3" |
 "Reclamation Blocks Fragment" |
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