The Old Well Studio

Abstract oil paintings on gesso panels, varying in size from very small (15cm x 15cm )to very large ( 4ft x 4ft ). Monotypes using chine colle/collage technique.

The pieces are always driven by colour and the way a thin strip or small patch of a vivid tone can be balanced against a larger more muted area.  They are often a response to a landscape but not a literal depiction, more a suggestion of space and an atmosphere that is created.  In some places the oil paintings are worked into with a cloth and colours can appear luminous, almost like a section of textile given the warp and weft texture of the gesso strips the surface is made from. The application of transparent and opaque layers is present in both paintings and monotypes.  In the monotypes the scrim adds to the obvious textile quality as well as the meandering lines of cotton thread.