Portfolio 1 - Abstraction




In my practice - whether abstract, figurative, or that based on natural forms - I employ fluid lines over broad multi-paneled canvas to deconstruct visual composition to its primary components.  Each painting is continually refined, the line, form and colour capture both a certain essence as well as the dynamism innate to both the object and our lives.


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 Multiple Panels Primary Abstraction Paintings

Porfolio 1


#1-1
144" X 72" (6 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
Primary Abstraction - Multiple Panel Installation






#1-2
60" X 60" (4 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
Primary Abstraction - Multiple Panel Installation





#1-3
60" X 60" (4 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
Primary Abstraction - Multiple Panel Installation







#1-4
76" X 36" (4 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
Primary Abstraction - Multiple Panel Installation





#1-5
84" X 60" (5 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
Primary Abstraction - Multiple Panel Installation





#1-6
60" X 60" (4 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
Primary Abstraction - Multiple Panel Installation





Primary Abstraction - Gallery Installation 2007

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 Primary Abstraction Panels Before Installation


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Every painting has been continually refined capturing a fragment of the momentum to be retrieved by the viewer.





#1-7
18" X 60" (2 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas


#1-8
18" X 60" (2 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas



#1-9
48" X 36" (2 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas




#1-10
48" X 48" (3 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas




#1-11
48" X 48" (3 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas




#1-12
48" X 48" (3 panels)
acrylic and graphite on canvas




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#1-13
24" X 60" (3 panels)
acrylic on canvas


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#1-14
24" X 72" (3 panels)
acrylic on canvas


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 Throughout history artists have used the line to articulate the relationship between the elemental proportions of voids, and fullness. Vertical, horizontal, straight, curved, angular - the choice is infinite.




#1-15
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-16
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-17
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-18
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-19
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-20
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper



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#1-21
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-22
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper


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#1-23
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-24
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper




#1-25
12" x 12"
 Watercolour Studies on Paper

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"As a contemporary artist I have devoted much time, energy and passion to rediscovering the essential - in life and in painting." 
- Michael Golland

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Outside the Studio (2010)
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