During this period the focus of my work shifted from still-life to landscape. Initially objects were pictured in relation to ever-expanding spaces, until the space of the landscape and the forms of nature began to fill the pictorial field. Along with the change of subject came a change in materials and working methods: from painting to drawing. Texts also began to re-appear in my work – something that hadn’t been evident in the still-life paintings. I’ve chosen the following selection of examples to show how this change of focus and method happened.
Signature of All Things II July-Sept 1995 Oil on prepared paper 36 x 48 ins
Twig and stones c1995-96 Oil on board 24 x 36 ins
Nature study c1996 Oil on prepared paper 36 x 48 ins
Duryard study c1996 Mixed media on board 36 x 48 ins
Woodland birdsong c1996 Acrylic and emulsion on board 24 x 36 ins
Skull and Trees June 1996 Graphite, acrylic, emulsion on board 24 x 18 ins
The Way Things Are May-June 1998 Mixed media 36 x 40 ins
The Way Things Are May-June 1998 – detail lower right
Landscape study c1997 Mixed media 30 x 36 ins
Hawthorn and rocks April 1998 Mixed media
A few of the works from this time have a more abstract geometrical structure underlying the composition of organic forms.
Iris January 1996 Mixed media on board 36 x 48 ins
As if it could have been Feb 1996 Mixed media on board 48 x 36 ins