Sea

collisions of paint with an imaginary seaside

This series began as a desire to create a painting for my dad, who might not like abstract art but likes the sea and the colour blue. Colour is abstract - we dont need to know the meaning but it evokes feelings, memories, connection. I began with this in mind and was able to discover fragments of my experiences at the seaside - whether the collision of the sea against the shore or yellow inflatables against rust or the imaginary against the real.

There are many layers to these paintings as i enjoyed the materials in a kind of reverential play, The cake represents the layers of experience, the idea that is better than the thing. The symbol,