A Miscellany of Small Works
Putting together a disparate collection of paintings
Formalising a collection is an interesting prospect. I’m a painter who shifts between styles and methods; it’s what my work is about. I’m interested in the possibilities of the material so naturally my paintings change from series to series.
Study view - April 2025. Works shown Causeway and Still Life
I like to paint larger canvases - 100cm and over (when studio space allows anyway) - alongside these larger pieces I always have smaller boards, canvases and paper dotted around the studio. I add to these paintings sporadically, often in-between working on the larger pieces. They inform each other.
Sometimes i’m using up some leftover paint, or trying out a specific mark or colour…you could call them experiments, but they often find their own place with a developed composition and focus. They often take as long as a large canvas to create.
Horizons (2024) , 40cm x 40cm, oil on canvas
Why Small Paintings
The smaller works are never just mini versions of the bigger paintings - I don’t ‘scale up’ from small to big in a direct way. I like to think of the smaller works as elements of my practice, segments of my journey where I zone in on one particulate concern. This is why you’ll see a work made up of nothing more than stripes, or paintings with a lighter sketchier touch that I might have created intentionally in a single sitting.
The e-catalogue
I’ve curated a collection of 20 paintings and by doing so I see the connections and the differences between the work. I see how they relate to each other and to my larger canvases. I remember what I was thinking about, what I was exploring…
Do take a look at the e-catalogue, you can leaf through this collection - all the works are available at the time of publication.
A Miscellany of Small Works - e-catalogue
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