a selection of mixed media paintings; layers of paint merge with textured surfaces, suggesting the effects of weather, the seasons, pollution, natural phenomena, using wax, pigments, textural impasto, layered and scumbled glazes, subtle signs of sgraffito... transparent natural hues, causal drips and splatters of paint: ochre, verdigris, sienna earth, graphite, umber, all hint at the slow passage of time... materials such as soot, sand and ash combine with acrylic, gesso, oil pigment and varnish, producing subtle shifts in the play of light on the painted surface, altering focus and perception... a square canvas denies a pictorial preface, enabling an objective engagement with the visceral, sculptural substance of real matter; a material exploration, subjective references secondary to the painting process, arising when the work is complete... visual clues slowly emerge from within the rivulets and crevices, abstracted fragments of an altered landscape, eroded and decayed...

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