“With a strong desire to expand and to work expressively – with larger brushes and on a greater scale – in the summer of 2022 I began this new series. I’ve been collecting antique nautical maps and rolls of part-used vintage canvas, pasting these to various kinds of board, sometimes collaging book covers and other miscellaneous cardboard items on top. I apply plaster to some, fill, sand and gesso others.”

“Each describes closeup, abstracted wave formations – without sky or land – at different times of day or night. The image of sea surface can be infinitely abstracted. Here, reflected light is the protagonist. Suggestive of sustainable practices, their titles are an appeal to slow and to reflect.”

“Light on Water leads on directly from Rising Horizon, which charted an ever-increasing horizon-line from the bottom to the top of the canvas, providing commentary on the issue of sea rise. The series opened with big skies and closed with paintings of mostly sea surface, their horizons well over head height. This exhibition continues the theme, with the main body of abstract paintings fully covered and without sky. Just like Rising Horizon, there is a progressive quality to this new series, an exploration of proportionality. In some cases, the light represents sunlight, in other cases it could be sea ice, battling against dark water beneath.”