Marking time in abstract landscape paintings
Representing time in abstract visual language is a problem I confront again and again in my abstract landscape work. How can the concept of time be captured in abstract painting?
Art is like skiing (and other metaphors that might help when you feel stuck)
Adopting a mindset of openness, exploration, and embracing uncertainty is the best antidote to feeling stuck. I remind myself to let go of trying to reach a planned destination for the moment and see what can happen when I try something different instead. I know that once I’m back into a more playful, experimental attitude, good things – surprising things – are going to start to happen.
Marking the land with our feet
Look closely and you’ll find footpaths carving through many of my paintings. The abstract landscapes I paint are largely imagined; but the remembered hikes and walks I’ve taken all over the planet are also present.