Statement

 

 My practice is essentially about the non-material. a voice that sometimes only the visual can speak, intuitions that the symbols of words often cannot convey. An attempt to capture the mystery of experience. I believe that there is a reality apart from the material world which we gain access to through contemplation. 'The decisive question for man is this: is he related to something infinate or not.' Jung Jung goes on to assert that the experience of the Sacred and Holy is a fundamental requirement of the self. To deny it brings spiritual decay; to embrace it illuminates the soul with meaning. My paintings strive to capture the meaningful dialogue between my internal and external realities, which are metaphorically portrayed using imagery that I have intuitively taken from my own experience or passing landscape. I find that it is through the visceral nature of paint and charcoal that ideas about the internal struggle of the spirit are made manifest. 'For the only equivalent of the universe within is the universe without' Jung ________________________________________________________________________

  The Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park London. April 26th- May 10th 2010