There is something of the meditative and hermetic about sitting in a room alone, studying objects of little importance with a concentration rarely given to anything else in our lives.
I started using still-ilfe arrangements through an interest in formally constructed non-representative painting. Using objects as stand-ins for abstract shapes: 1. enables me to explore the qualities of space that seem to be a constant within the history of painting; 2. provides a reference from outside the discrete space of the painting; 3. provides a type of pleasure in looking, beyond that of only the formal qualities of colour and shape.
I have no intention of making photo-like reproductions of what I see. I try to use paint imaginatively and fluidly to record the process of looking.
All work sized in centimetres.

Big Eric's with Lanterns
Oil paint & collage on board
Size: 188x180

Big Beach Drawing
Pencil, black lead & oil on board
Size: 188x180

Aerosol
Black lead & oil paint on board
Size: 45x27

As Noise to Words
Oil on board
Size: 37x35

Bulb & Lantern
Oil & pencil on card
Size: 29x27

Cross crossing
Oil and charcoal on board
Size: 37x35

Eric's bowl with Stones & Shells
Oil on board
Size: 33x42
SOLD

Tiny Limpet Box
Oil on board
Size: 22x21

Limpet Box
Oil on canvas
Size: 45x30

Plinth
Oil on card
Size: 38x28

Small Eric's
Oil on board
Size: 31x29
SOLD

Red Stripe
Oil on board
Size: 37x35

The Blue Pelican
Oil on board
Size: 30x20

Small St Lucies
Oil on board
Size: 25x25

Small Saint Stephen's
Oil on board
Size: 25x25

Saint Stephen's
Oil on board
Size: 37x35

Funnel & Specimen
Oil on canvas
Size: 32X20cm

Cedar
Oil on canvas
Size: 25X25cm

California 1
Oil on calico on board
Size: 40x30

Redwood
Oil on board
Size: 15x10

Sidelight
Oil on board
Size: 10x10

Small orange still life
Oil paint on board
Size: 11.5"x8"

Shell Bracelet & Box
Oil paint & pencil on board
Size: 8"x8"

Bowl with Lemons
Oil paint on board
Size: 8"x8"
SOLD

Bowl of shells
Oil paint on board
Size: 8
SOLD

Bowl of Cherries
Oil paint on board
Size: 8
SOLD

Bowl & Stone
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 12"x9"
SOLD

Pots with small Cactus
Oil paint on board
Size: 8"x8"
SOLD

Dried Poppies 1
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 12
SOLD

Dried Poppies 1
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 12
SOLD

Oak Leaves
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 14"x9.5"

A Shell
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 12"x9"

Village
Oil paint on board
Size: 8"x8"

Small Swirl painting
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 8"x8"

Lead Rotate
Oil paint on canvas
Size: 17.5"x17.5"