GROWTH DECAY AND REGENERATION

(Worlds within Worlds)

Over the years my art like myself have evolved together to discover and challenge new boundaries through creativity, as well as uncover and search for greater depth of knowledge and understanding within the realms of balance and harmony within my artwork created.

I believe strongly in cause and effect, that the turn of events will eventually create a predictable outcome. Like a set of scales, the true balance is not set until two equal measures of force are set either side (Equilibrium point). I am trying to combine science and beauty within my artwork, by using form and texture as a vocabulary or genre of artistic language-like music or dance they are controlled by rhythm.

Creating art for me is about disturbing the balance or breaking the rules of balance. By searching for a truer appearance created naturally through its own evolutionary processes, the artist can break the rule of balance through spontaneity and improvisation to eventually create, (hopefully) a uniquely balanced piece of art. I take inspiration from nature and the forces that exist within the realms of nature like the universe and volcanoes or things that can not be seen like viruses and bacteria; the hidden science that creates forms and texture.

I create my abstract surfaces through the exploitation of recycled materials and the chemicals and agents that react or contaminate one another. The artworks I produce generally evolve and create themselves through the interaction of opposing forces brought about by the cocktail of chemicals and materials combined together. A hidden science becomes active during the development process of my art pieces, which when drying settle and harden into new forms, textures and colours created entirely through the application and layering process.  For me personally, these process are liken to that of the earth’s land masses and forms that evolved and were created geologically by volcanic and glacier activity over time.