Artist Statement
This exhibition of paintings and drawings titled Imagination of Memories is a collection of works from the last few years following a look back at my work since the early seventies.
That retrospective study made me recognise my primary way of constructing images was very much related to how I drew when I was a young child and I think it is my most honest way of working.
The images I drew in my childhood were heavily influenced by children’s book illustrations. That influence is still recognisable, along with a knowledge of modern art movements and some individual heroes of mine like Paul Klee and Vincent Van Gogh.
As the title suggests the source of my work is from memories of events or images that I have seen or experienced and found interesting.
The memory is the starting point and the imagination of an image to fit that memory is the next step. The execution of the painting or drawing of the imagined scene the final part of the process.
I like the freedom that imagination gives me as it allows me to use contradictory and unnatural sources of light, shade and colour to produce images that make me happy.
"Hear me Roar" 180 cm x 150 cm 2024 - oil on canvas
1. Nicks Fort,oil on canvas, 152cm x 122cm 2022 $2700
2. Studio, oil on canvas, 122cm x 91cm 2025 $1960
3. The Nap, oil on canvas, 122cm x 91cm 2024 $1960
4. Hear me Roar, oil on canvas, 180cm x 150cm 2024 $3900
5. Hero, mixed media on paper, 20cm x 16cm 2024 $480
6. Gardener, mixed media on paper, 20.7cm x 173cm 2024 $480
7. Gate, mixed media on paper, 23.2cm x 19.6cm 1996-2024 $650
8. Kinross Deck, mixed media on paper,19.5cm x 15.5cm 1998 $480
9. Iberian Self Portrait, mixed media on paper, 30.2cm x 23.1cm 1998 $650
10.The Jetty, mixed media on paper,19cm x 15.5cm 2020 $480
11.Pilgrim. mixed media on paper, 19.7cm x 15.3cm 1994-2023 $480
12.Yellow Nude, mixed media on paper, 16.5cm x 13.4cm 2024 $480
13.The Player, oil on canvas, 152cm x 122cm 2025 $2700
14.Tower Hill Pines, oil on canvas, 122cm x 91cm 2021 $1960
15.Sitter, oil on canvas, 122cm x 91cm 2025 $1960
16.Temple, oil on canvas,122cm x 91 cm 2025 $1960
17.High Beach,oil on canvas,122cmx91cm 2023 $1960
18.The Avenue, oil on canvas,122cm x 91cm 2023 $1960
19.Floater, mixed media on paper, 30.5cm x 21.5cm 1992-2024 $650
20.Obelisk, mixed media on paper, 30.5cm x 21.5cm $650
21.Starry Construction, oil on canvas,152cm x 122cm 2022 $2700
22.Green Chair Reflection, mixed media on paper,19.5cmx17.2cm 2024 $480
23.Green Chair Portrait,mixed media on paper,29.5 x19.7cm1993-2023 $650
