Each painting begins in a state of colourful chaos. 

 

I pour, drip, scrape, sand and generally use tools I cannot control.

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Over many weeks and over many layers, I look for some kind of beauty within the chaos.

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I let go of any preconceptions and let the painting dictate its own course.  

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Like bringing up a child, each painting needs to gain experience.

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And like a teenager it rebels and becomes its own thing.

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Eventually it is strong enough to stand on its own two feet.   

 

Only then does it leave the studio.