My new body of abstracted paintings titled “Ancient Landscape” represents a shift from the more archeological themes of previous work. I have changed my focus from that of underground strata and deteriorating object forms to that of an overview of the land itself.

As the title for the new series suggests, the images depict landscapes that have been shaped by millennia of upheaval and weathering from the elements. In some paintings, there’s the suggestion of human structures now fallen into decay. How old or ancient might they be- and where have these civilizations gone?

These acrylic paintings are highly textured. Much of the development of the image relies on the process of applying and then removing paint. Some of these colours remain in the crevices of the texture to help define the shapes that emerge, and create the features of the land and its hint of human habitation.