The focus for this new collection draws inspiration from the dramatic quality of light
and dark experienced in parts of the UK. The medium of oil pastels applied varyingly
to black card offers further exploration in mark making while embracing a pronounced
use of Tenebrist chiaroscuro and Romantic notions of nostalgia and the sublime.
The black background almost seems to penetrate the work often giving the scene both
a cinematic forboding and a more intimate perception of the landscape’s solitude.
and dark experienced in parts of the UK. The medium of oil pastels applied varyingly
to black card offers further exploration in mark making while embracing a pronounced
use of Tenebrist chiaroscuro and Romantic notions of nostalgia and the sublime.
The black background almost seems to penetrate the work often giving the scene both
a cinematic forboding and a more intimate perception of the landscape’s solitude.
