Essentially I am drawn to the power of vastness and the context of the wider picture; the compelling journey from that which is constricted within, to the cusp of the infinite. An existential dialectic may be detected from ruminations on the metaphysical aspects of time and space. I seek to instil a pure sense of wonder in my work intended to guide the viewer to tap into the sublime, celebrating the mental faculty that enables man to be transported by Art. I am particularly fond of a David Lynch quote postulating that the restrictions of the film making process do not apply to the field of painting and that indeed ‘painting is infinite’. The ultimately levelling template of the void is inherent at the core of everything i make.

​The series serves as an ode to the infinite faculties of human imagination and creativity, celebrating the mental faculty that enables man to be transported by Art, and how we choose to perceive ourselves within the universe as equal if not quite a part of it. Each work presents a platform for the contemplation of the universe by using a standard box canvas that has been subverted and redefined in order to function as a device through which to wonder at the mysteries and scale of the universe.

In this series I re-assign the objecthood of the reversed canvas stretchers with an altered state of identity. There is a point where the familiar shifts - at which the level of recognisability becomes terminated. By shifting zones of retinal perception, I alter the way in which the rear of a canvas is to be interpreted. By turning the canvas around and using the unfinished backing as the frame, I initiate the idea of the canvas as a portal that looks out. These pieces occupy a place amidst optically perceived physicality, at the point at which the imagination becomes conducive to metaphysical contemplation. Artistic mechanisms that I involve often include juxtaposition and a binary aesthetic; wonder and nihilism oscillate, the relatively micro near gazes out to the macro. The intention in the series is to generate minimal, zen-esque compositions that can present an intuitive point of departure towards what lies beyond. Here, I seek to instil a transcendent sense of wonder intended to guide the viewer to tap into the sublime, drawing attention to the mental faculty that enables man to be transported by Art.