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‘My main understanding of painting has always been through line, form and structure. Things like colour and texture for a long time had been something of a mystery. My struggle to come to grips with colour has led to an increased use of strong local colour and this in turn has led to greater experimentation with surface quality. Form and structure, however, is an always present ghost – something which I frequently try to deny, but can never completely escape from.’
A recurring theme in his work is that of the contrast between the mystery of power and the intrinsic beauty of nature – power in a fascination with ugliness, decay, aggression, and the beauty of strength – nature in its delicacy, in its ability to regenerate, and in the unrivalled attraction of its colours and textures.
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