Still and other lives

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-representational painting, using objects as stand-ins for abstract shapes. This enables me to explore  the qualities of space that seem to be a constant within the history of painting;  it serves as a reference  from outside the discrete space of the painting and provides  pleasure and interest in looking,  including and beyond  the formal qualities of colour and shape.

Recently I've become interested in the way paintings provide rhythm and pause within architecture and have started a series of paintings on this theme.

There's been a  short poem by the Scottish artist Thomas A Clark pinned on my studio wall for the last two or thee years:

"nothing coincides with its representation/ stop, look, wait"

It sums up better than I can how I feel about the practice of painting.                                                        

Most of the paintings on this page have been produced in the last eighteen months..                 

All work sized in centimetres.


The Box What...
The Box What...
Oil on canvas
Size: 88x80
Crab Apples in box
Crab Apples in box
Oil on board
Size: 40x38
Hips & Bowl
Hips & Bowl
Oil on board
Size: 29x26
Honesty with Shells
Honesty with Shells
Oil on canvas
Size: 45x45
Shells in Blue Mug with Scallop
Shells in Blue Mug with Scallop
Oil on Canvas
Size: 95x80
Annunciation 25.10.11
Annunciation 25.10.11
Oil on canvas
Size: 45x45
Studio wall, 26 Sept 2011
Studio wall, 26 Sept 2011
Photograph
Dry lemon, juice & block
Dry lemon, juice & block
Oil on card
Size: 29X21
Small Bowl & Lemon
Small Bowl & Lemon
Oil on card
Size: 21X15
Feathers
Feathers
Oil on board
Size: 26x24
Little Cowrie
Little Cowrie
Oil on card
Size: 18X12
Dry lemon & block
Dry lemon & block
Oil on panel
Size: 31x43
Statuettes
Statuettes
Oil on board
Size: 24x18
Studio
Studio
Oil on canvas
Size: 45x32
Modern Room
Modern Room
Oil & pencil on board
Size: 20x18
Prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia
Oil on panel
Size: 30x20
SOLD
Three Lemons
Three Lemons
Oil on panel
Size: 33x30
Crab Apples on Black Plate
Crab Apples on Black Plate
Oil on board
Size: 30x20
SOLD
Clam Shells
Clam Shells
Oil on panel
Size: 33x30
Quails Eggs in Bowl
Quails Eggs in Bowl
Oil on board
Size: 33x30
The Jesuit school
The Jesuit school
Oil on board
The Measure
The Measure
Oil on panel
Size: 33x30
Limpets on a Black Plate
Limpets on a Black Plate
Oil on canvas
Size: 46x63
Cowrie
Cowrie
Oil on panel
Size: 30.5x21.5
Jar & Slot
Jar & Slot
Oil on canvas
Size: 35.5x25.5
Lemon, Bowl & Block
Lemon, Bowl & Block
Oil on panel
Size: 30.5x21.5
Jar & Block
Jar & Block
Oil on card
Size: 20x18
Sicilian Lemon
Sicilian Lemon
Oil on paper
Size: 25x16.5
Cactus & Cowrie
Cactus & Cowrie
Oil on panel
Size: 30.5x21.5
Yo's Jug & Shells
Yo's Jug & Shells
Oil on panel
Size: 40x27
Small Medium Lemon
Small Medium Lemon
Oil on card
Size: 25x23
Another Glass Funnel
Another Glass Funnel
Oil on canvas
Size: 36x24
Red Block
Red Block
Oil on board
Cross Crossing
Cross Crossing
Oil on board
Size: 37x35
A Jug with a Painting
A Jug with a Painting
Oil on board
Size: 25x22
SOLD
Saint Stephen's
Saint Stephen's
Oil on board
Size: 37x35
Small orange still life
Small orange still life
Oil paint on board
Size: 11.5
Cedar
Cedar
Oil on canvas
Size: 25X25cm