Landscapes, Light and Edges

My recent small landscape paintings move between representation and abstraction. I use a mixture of sketchbook paintings and drawings, photographs and my recollections of the experience of being out in the landscape to create them. I often work on a pair of paintings simultaneously as this creates a dialogue between the two of them and facilitates greater spontaneity in the brushstrokes and mark-making.

Most of these paintings were created over several days, sometimes longer, and they are built up of multiple layers, with a lot of sanding/wiping/scraping back to allow previous marks and colours to come through. I use acrylic paint and some acrylic inks, and a variety of techniques including flicking, wiping, sgraffito, stencilling and printing with paint, and a number of tools, including brushes, palette knives, sticks and other natural materials and my hands.

I hope to capture not only the colours and shapes of the landscape, but also something of the sensations, feelings and memories associated with particular places and times.

If you are interested in buying or commissioning a painting, you can contact contact me at lightandedges@gmail.com

or on Instagram

The paintings below are all acrylic and acrylic ink on gesso board, and are framed in simple wooden floater frames. Higher resolution images of these and other paintings are available on my Instagram account, gapsinbetween (link above).