The Day You Went Away

"I like painting in acrylic mostly, on artworks for exhibitions. Art is about problem-solving and I most enjoy trying to work out colours and compositions and finding new dialogues that I hadn’t considered before."

"When I was at art college I studied performance art, video, and installation. I was always more interested in questioning things, and painting being such a traditional medium, wasn't something I was very interested in. At some point I got frustrated with trying to be avant-garde and then flipped completely into painting, where I started questioning surfaces and means of painting. My early works were made using paint markers, aerosol, house paint and biro and I'd curve the edges of the board I painted onto as a way of questioning the normal 'square' shape of a canvas. By painting onto things I've found like cardboard boxes, book covers and now packages, I'm continuing to try and work outside of traditional means."