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Philosophy:

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"A line is a dot that went for a walk."

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So said Swiss-German artist, Paul Klee, and it is a quote that I feel holds great visual and contextual relevance to my work. Indeed, my artwork is dedicated to analysing the subconscious exploration and emphatic celebration of the city; offering a critical yet liberated view on how we traverse and observe the grand cities and their conurbations. The notion that "a line is a dot that went for a walk" is utterly pertinent; it not only connotes the way in which the ink is applied linearly to the canvas, but furthermore, it is metaphorically applicable to the ink traversing freehandedly around the canvas, much as we may traverse a city.

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A feature of my art is the fine balance between abstraction and representation, as I strive for my work to demonstrate elements of both. Indeed, what I find particularly absorbing about my artwork is how the representational marks can often act as a platform to envisage hints of abstraction, whilst the abstract marks offer moments of representational virtue. It is an edgy balance that further emphasises the visual attributes of the canvas, as well as adding an element of utopia to each piece.

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Certainly, I consider my art to be a form of cartography. However, rather than attempting accurately to replicate what the city looks like, I seek to convey what the city feels like; amalgamating the dynamic, vivacious, exciting and hostile ambiences of the urban landscape and illustrating them upon the canvas. It is a unique form of cartography, a visual representation of the atmospherically rich urban landscape.