After the coaching call last night I got great feedback on my question and have rewritten my statement again, I feel much happier with this and further feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Having tried more traditional mediums of acrylic, oils and pastels, I always managed to get too caught up in the technical aspects of the process which prevented me from continuing beyond a certain point. I have found working digitally that I’ve been able to push through this barrier and continue the process allowing deep subconscious elements to emerge in my work.

In 2013 the end of a three year relationship left me in a dark place. My painting rescued me and took me on a bright landscape adventure. A palette of bright gaudy colours lifted my spirits and transported me to comforting places. Forests, the ocean, the desert, the city and even other worlds featured on my journey. Some pieces were a bright reaction against the darkness I felt inside, while others were a dark reminder of the precipice and oblivion never far away.

Two years after this period I had a yearning to subdue many bright colours in the palette and embrace some of the darkness within, with a series of cityscapes where it’s been more of a conscious decision, though always with the subconscious emerging later in the details. Despite these developments, I still return to the colour and warmth of earlier work, it’s an ever evolving journey…