Beyond the Golden Reeds
LARGE SCALE SEMI-ABSTRACT EXPRESSIVE PAINTINGS
Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre and Forest Arts Centre, New Milton
About the Exhibition
Vena Amoris
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 120 cm
a brilliant white sun
set in a ring of gold
bathes the night time reeds
and sinks into the marsh
and whilst we sleep
the solar master paints
directly from the heart
eternal bands of gleaming yellow
on these veins of love
Golden Reeds at Mudeford Creek
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 100 cm
where golden reeds
crosshatch lines
below the setting sun
arthritic jetties wobble in the mud
and empty buoys
bob on reflected blues
with the wound of a wrecked red boat
half sunk and half afloat
where the moon sets
there’s a misty hush
above the sleeping swans
Once in a Blue Moon
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 120 cm
once in a blue moon
follows the setting sun
as twinkles of colour
blink in the twilight hours
on my lockdown patio
Morning Glow
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 100 cm
waning in the deep blue sky
the cool of a February perfect moon
settles to greet the muted still of the dawn
with a nod to the winter sun
rays of gold crack through the mist
as night time shadows shorten
and flowers turn their radiant heads
to feel the warmth of the morning glow
Out of the White
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm
out of the white
through a bluish grey haze
comes the jetty
and the mistiness of history
Scentsation
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 100 cm
a strawberry moon
ignites the spring
with pockets full of love
and glints of fragrant thoughts
are mirrored in the creek
at Mother Siller's Channel
Together We Bloom
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 120 cm
in a vase full of flowers
a freesia and a rose
like lovers entwine
with colours that mingle
and the fresh scent of spring
they make me smile
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 120 cm
the marks start as one thing
and may become another
get covered up or scratched through
or even forgotten
but somehow they are always there
even if it’s the slightest most subtle
presence showing through
this gives the paintings their legacy
a sense of history
Synesthesia
Acrylic on canvas
120 X 100 cm
as echoes of gongs and a
lunar eclipse unite
I hear the colour
and see the sound
a harmony of vibrations
awaken the soul
on this super flower
blood moon Wednesday
Dancing Crocus Leaves
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 150 cm
my paintings have no boundaries
they are packed with energy and movement
marks that bend, stretch, rise, jump, dart, turn
and dance outside the frame
Swans Still Sleeping
Digital Painting
Gyclee print on canvas
150 X 100 cm
it's all blue
an infinite blue
the sky and the creek
inextricably mingled
merged and blended
into a perfect blue
the shadow
of a crumbling jetty
struggles to stand
as the morning sun
turns reflected reeds
into shimmering wands of gold
and swans still sleeping
nestle in the deep silence
of the perfect blue
Gongline
Acrylic on canvas
100 X 120 cm
when starting to draw a line
in response to the gong
I am already into the sound
as with thinking
where does the line go
is it finite
does it lead us off into the unknown
or come back again
does it create a shape
a space to dwell - to pause
the edge of my sketchbook
becomes the place of entry and exit
it’s a slice of time
Swooping Seagulls
Acrylic and carbarundum on canvas
100 X 100 cm
a balance of opposites beckons
such as, night-day, rough-smooth
negative-positive, chaos-calm
stillness-movement and so on
one does not exist without the other
