SHAKE

Many of my paintings of the past three years have been inspired by or have been references to the tumultuous socio-geo-political events that have engulfed the globe. The title of this painting, SHAKE, references the almost constant existential and geo-political shockwaves that are a constant exigency of modern life.

As always im my work there is also a focus upon formal concerns, in this case, the dynamic interactions that carefully controlled modulations of colour can elicit. The intention is not to completely discard the dynamic effects of gesture and composition, they are integral to my practice, but to give the energies of colour interplays a more predominant role in the search for exciting and visually stimulating creative outcomes.