Grapnel

This painting has a distinct sense of place, while hinting at the visceral. There is a lynchean fantasy lurking here with blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality, imagination and truth. The use of metaphor in colour and marks within my painting is important. The flesh coloured veil, for instance, in Grapnel creates a visual barrier. This play on space, where there is a visual path that leads the eye through space on the surface-inviting in some areas and obstructing in others, is a concept that I am interested in and I am currently developing in my work.