Beyond the Hills

Beyond the Hills, 2023, oil on linen, 65.5 x 65.5 cm

 

This painting was done from two different locations. The hill and clouds were painted first but I wanted a line of trees appearing above and beyond the hill's edge. Since there were no trees there I looked around for a set of trees that would suit the idea I had in mind. My concern was not really the trees, hills and clouds, but the possibility of taking the viewer's gaze into an unknown place. Like something that is an existential journey.

Self Portraits

I've always loved the art of self portraiture. It can provide an opportunity to paint a human figure or be the means to experiment with ideas. I've occasionally used myself as the model in a painting but rarely as a straight forward image. By this I mean that my face or body is presented in an indirect way to express something other than what I look like. This 'something other' can be explained as who are, we? or what are we made of? Most of the images can be located in reality but sometimes a surrealist element does enter the work. 

Artist Profile, 2011, oil on linen, 41 x 31 cm

Painting Drawing, 2010, oil on linen, 30 x 15 cm

Wrapped Self Portrait, 2010, oil on canvas, 45.5 x 35.5 cm

Self Portrait, 1994, dry pastel and pencil, 73 c 50 cm

Quodlibet, 2006, oil on canvas, 122.5 x 81.5 cm

Double Portrait, 2019, oil on canvas, 107 x 84 cm

Quodlibet Self Portrait, 2005, oil on panel, 64 x 49 cm

Insight and Logic, 1995, oil on canvas, 101 x 76.25 cm

Silhouette, 2011, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cm