This is a live exhibition of current work and work in progress.
I do not have gallery representation. My audience is online. I manage a gelli plate group with 100k + members, and keep up a YouTube channel that has almost 20k subscribers. I also have an instagram account.
As an artist, I love the idea that there is a huge art community here online. Having been trained by art instructors who caution against 'painting for instagram', I have a lot to say about that, which you can read in my blog. Basically, I welcome the paradigm shift an online presence invites. One of the things I don't like about galleries is that the venues are commercial. That governs curatorial decisions. The same things happens on artist websites - which are often meant for selling art. My website is meant for teaching. I"m selling learning. All about art - how we work, what we love, what inspires us, how one thing leads to another and how we think about our own art and art in general.
Artists are often working on many things at once and I'm no exception. In an effort to pare things down a bit for 2026 II decided to focus on a theme. Because people seem to keep creeping into my work, and because I am preoccupied with 'political' (stuff that has to do with people) I decided to work on expressions of "Standing Together".
I also have a lot to say about all this. That's my 'Artist Statement'. You can learn about what that is, and what this pursuit is about, in my blog as well.
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At core, I'm a teacher. I hope you enjoy the exhibition, and learn something along the way. If you have any interest in purchasing my work, you can email me for more information. If you wish to purchase an artwork, I'lll transfer it to the gallery page, where you can pay directly to this website and have the art sent to you.
Out of the Blue, Mixed Media, 20" x 16"
The blue part of this work was made on the gelli plate through direct collage. I collage my own old gelli prints and other ephemera. After that I 'carved' the people shapes out with acrylic paint intentionally letting the background shine through. I can see the 'chippiness' and colour of the surface is influenced by artists I admire.
This is a couple. They are leaning in to each other. You can see by the lighter blue on their heads that they are' in synch with each other.
The work was made on paper, which was then mounted onto a board with acrylic gel and varnished.
The painting is shown over a shelf in a setup made digitally on an app called "Art Stage". In real life, it's hanging in one of the bedrooms in my home.
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We Stand Together, Acrylic, 12" x12"
They are standing together literally,. but also figuratively. These three figures emerged out of the chaos of the expressionist painting, which I had sitting around for a few months. The blueish background effectively pushes them forward. You can imagine all kinds of things about their interaction.
A couple of people who have commented on it see flags. II like that idea, and may fly with that in another painting.
This one is on canvas.
As you can see, I gravitate toward the primary colours. I usually only use 5 tubes of paint,a red, a blue (or Payne's Grey), a yellow, white and burnt umber, regardless of what medium I'm working in.
Charmed, Acrylic, 12" x 12"
These three also came out of an expressionist abstract I"ve had hanging around for months.
I drew the figures overt with a black acrylic marker and then left the lines showing. This alludes to something a bit more feminine and tribal than the other two, above, do. This one sets me to wonder whether I should start some of these out more intentionally, with a smother, more designed and less 'expressionistic' style. Eventhough it's outside of my way of working, I mayy try that. Its this painting that charmed me to this theme, hence I called it 'Charmed".