I’ve been busy at the easel creating some new paintings. I’m back painting after a hiatus - woo! Painting was probably my first love alongside chimpanzees and ice cream! There are so many reasons why I love painting - its meditative process, how mistakes can be epiphanies and the hypnotic qualities of colour and texture.
I have put my video practice on the backburner for now. One single image seems enough. Perhaps it’s in reaction to the deluge of moving imagery we see on a daily basis. Or a desire to slow down time. The year is almost over and exactly 12 months ago I started the Scuzzy Landscapes series with puppy Ripley at my side. She’s now been with us a year this week and is mellowing into the sweetest studio buddy. Here she is:
Ripley the Retriever
The Scuzzy Landscapes series name references our never really being in a totally natural landscape. They feature man-made remnants in their infinite forms, be it a demolished power station’s footprint on a beach, or candy-coloured plastic pipes snake-like in the grass. Each painting is named using the wonderfully abstract what3words app to locate exactly where the viewer is standing.
upper soup marine 2023 Oil on Canvas board, 30x40cm
I hope you enjoy the new direction my practice is taking. And if you’d like to enquire about any work or let me know what you think, please contact me here. My website is currently being updated, so the best place to keep up to date with me and my studio is to join my monthly newsletter here. kg