Inspiration

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I am generally more creative during periods of anxiety. When something is bothering me I respond by creating drawings that often develop into paintings or some kind of artefact. During more comfortable times, on reflection, I tend to be less creative as I'm too busy relaxing and soaking up such precious moments.

Prior to creating a piece of artwork my initial ideas develop from random events, personal experiences or perhaps a photograph. They're then transformed into sketches, often accompanied with notes. Creative inspiration only occurs when I'm immersed with the process of painting, sometimes involving an overflow of powerful feelings that fuse with any previous conscious planning.

Picasso once said: "At the beginning of each picture there is someone who works with me, toward the end I have the impression of having worked without a collaborator".

My painting 'The Heavy Sound of Light' (60 x 50 cm) is a kind of self portrait, composed in a cubist style, consisting of personal influences represented by inanimate objects involving culture and inclusion, music and the environment, and a living plant that, apart from possessing aesthetic beauty, plays a fundamental role in the sustainability of life such as cleansing the air of carbon emissions and other greenhouse gasses. The awe-inspiring spectrum of colour is created through a prism of light that shines brighter than ever from a lighless sky. The fractured nature of the composition is perhaps symbolic of today's climate.

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