I use acrylic paint intuitively, letting the movement and feel of the paint on the canvas inform the sense of place. Drawing deeply from the ephemeral palettes of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; the turquoise, coppers, blues and greens relate to the sea and land. Flashes of copper, tin and gold indicate those who worked there through fishing, mining and farming. Foraging locally for clay pigments and crushed mussel shells to ensure a part of Cornwall is always physically present in the work.
Focusing in on the moment where rocks and sand meet sea, and sea meets the horizon, the paintings explore an elemental multiplicity in the hazy in-between. This haunting space can be described by the nautical term, ‘the offing’, an invisible transition between sea and sky. When walking the Celtic landscapes and beaches, I’m interested in thin spaces as portals into deep time, connecting us to the feeling of generations gone still passing by.