I have recently been following a coincidence...

Whilst doing some building works I discovered Whitehead stamped on the bricks that my house was made from. At the same time I was reading A.N. Whitehead's "Adventures of Ideas". This has sparked in investigation that has identified where the brick came from and the clay that was used to make it. I have liaised with a local amateur archaeologist from the same location in Cwmbran and this has involved conversations about ancient Welsh tree lore and the degree of civilization in Ancient Welsh culture. There are also conversations with Architects about the loss of buildings with local identity.

These meandering investigations have been used to inspire a collection of works investigating, the process, the extraction of clay and pigment from the soil, as well as the social connections. This is currently the most complete vision of how I see my painting practice. Not as the creation of individual decorative pieces, but as a practice embedded in social, historical, ecological, philosophical and creative research scenarios, that uses painting as a medium through which this is explored.

Investigations on going....