The process of depicting a single figure unfolds endlessly. The properties of a material and how it is handled must be capable of suggesting often contradictory human traits. Paintings contain the tenderness and recklessness of fleshy beings full of hopes, fears and desires

The mark-making presents the same expressive vocabulary as the artist’s wooden sculpture. A stuttering fragmented gesture aligns with the mixed fortunes of a broken branch; a flowing lyrical line holds tension like a finely carved surface. They are a place to explore base humanity, to develop a language of concealment and revealing.

To accept the fugitive nature, the unknowability of people, is both terrifying and exhilarating. It is a hopeful act in a wild world, requiring trust and faith. Each day is a renewed opportunity to understand one another.