Category: Studio & Process
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Why This Small Shape Keeps Returning
Read more: Why This Small Shape Keeps ReturningA Studio Note about the small shelter shapes that keep returning in my work. Rooflines, greenhouse edges and small structures in open landscapes become places between hiding and appearing, connecting landscape with symbolism, material with feeling.
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Loosing up!
Read more: Loosing up!What happens when I stop trying to control every mark? A studio reflection on working more loosely, trusting experience and allowing material, movement and the unexpected to remain visible.
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MY OUTDOOR STUDIO IN A HIDDEN PLACE
Read more: MY OUTDOOR STUDIO IN A HIDDEN PLACEMy outdoor studio lies in a hidden garden, surrounded by water, greenery and chickens that have no interest in art unless it is edible. It is a place where looking and working begin to merge, and where the work is allowed to emerge without pressure.
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Opening the Studio Archive — Icelandic Houses
Read more: Opening the Studio Archive — Icelandic HousesPart 1 of opening my studio archive: Icelandic Houses. Wrapped works, bubble wrap, tape, small stubborn houses in far too much landscape, and the slow process of looking again.
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Studio Archive: Why Studies Matter
Read more: Studio Archive: Why Studies MatterStudies often appear before the image is fully understood. This journal post moves through charcoal, first gestures, works on paper and the slow opening of a selected part of my studio archive.
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How a Painting Develops in the Studio
Read more: How a Painting Develops in the StudioMy work begins in what I see and feel, and first takes shape in sketches. From there, the process unfolds through layers, material and time. Images emerge gradually, shifting and forming, while symbols return, transform and find their place within the composition.
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Studio in the Dutch Flower Region
Read more: Studio in the Dutch Flower RegionA studio in the Dutch flower region where paintings take shape in relation to landscape, movement and material, a place of process, encounter and shifting images.
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Life drawing at 4Bid Gallery, Amsterdam
Read more: Life drawing at 4Bid Gallery, AmsterdamA life drawing session at 4Bid Gallery in Amsterdam, where rhythm, speed, and charcoal drawing opened space for movement, contrast, and artistic freedom.
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Standing within The Present
Read more: Standing within The PresentI work through layered symbolic painting, building images from within rather than from what is merely visible. This artist statement reflects on presence, tension and the space where inner imagery and the world around me meet.
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Why Artists Work in Series
Read more: Why Artists Work in SeriesWorking in series allows ideas to unfold gradually across multiple paintings. Symbols, colour and composition shift and return. Series such as *Sneaky Hidden Sunflowers* and *Icelandic Houses* illustrate this process.
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Material and Handwriting
Read more: Material and HandwritingThis studio note explores how movement, material and handwriting come together in my work. Through a physical way of painting, deliberate material choices and an ongoing balance between intuition and knowledge, each work develops its own presence. The gesture leads, the material follows, and over time a recognisable handwriting continues to emerge.
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Selecting Work for the Archive
Read more: Selecting Work for the ArchiveArchiving begins with distance. In placing works side by side, connections emerge, shifts become visible, and the structure of the oeuvre takes shape.