Materiality and life drawing are central to my art practice. Materials, mark making and experimenting with how materials perform on different surfaces are important to me. When my mind is very active I need surfaces and tools that allow me to work quickly and spontaneously. Valuing unexpected outcomes and working with a neutral palette gives my work directness and rawness.
Life drawing provides the avenue for me to articulate innate feelings that cannot be described verbally. I see a person as more than just a body. When the model is reaching hands to the sky, or pressing them hard against the wall, I ask what the gesture is saying and how might I respond to it. I respond emotionally as well as physically to every form.
A challenge is to synthesize life drawing sessions with studio painting. The energy I receive from drawing a timed pose dissipates when the model isn't in front of me. I try to remember the feeling and then turn that feeling into a new response using the unique energy of a gesture, channelling a moment or following that little bit of interest, seeing where it goes.
I learn by embracing intuition, mistakes, accidents across multiple works simultaneously. Layers get erased or shaded out but still exist, modified. It's important and exciting to have freedom to embrace new feelings, thoughts, methods and materials.
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