Abstract Works
'They Wouldn't Believe the Colour...' Stone lithograph on Fabriano paper, hand embellished with oil paint. Float-mounted on board in hand-painted wood frame. The frame colour is antique silver and is 10 cm wide. Framed size 70 x 72 cm. Available to buy, framed €900
'Window to the Universe.' Offset and stone lithography and oil paint on Fabriano, mounted on board and in an integral frame. 56 x 56 cm. SOLD. Available as a Giclée print or poster.
'Out of the Darkness II.' Offset and stone lithography and oil paint on Fabriano, mounted on board and in an integral frame. It measures 74 x 56 cm. SOLD. Available as a Giclée print or poster.
'Out of the Darkness II.' Offset and stone lithography and oil paint on Fabriano, mounted on board and in an integral frame. It measures 74 x 56 cm. SOLD. Available as a Giclée print or poster.
'Relic.' Oil paint and metal leaf on Fabriano paper, float-mounted on a backing board and set in an integral frame, hand-painted in old gold. Framed size 65 x 63 cm. Available to buy, framed, €600
'Through and Beyond.' Offset and stone lithograph, hand-embellished with oil paint on Fabriano paper. Float-mounted on board set in an integral wood frame in vintage silver. Framed size 82.5 x 72.5 cm. Available to buy, framed, €900. Currently on permanent loan to The Oasis Spa in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain.
'Coming into Being.' Offset and stone lithograph on Fabriano paper, hand-embellished with oil paint. Float- mounted on board set in integral, black frame. Framed size 89.5 x 74.5 cm. Available to buy, framed €1,500.
'Spirit of the Desert.' Offset lithograph on Somerset paper, hand-embellished with oil paint and float-mounted on board set in an integral, wood frame, hand-painted in old gold. Framed size 48 x 42 cm. Available to buy, framed €600 +
'Sedimentation.' Offset lithograph embellished with oil paint to create a fugitive imprint of a broken square, on Fabriano paper in an integral wood frame. 69 x 79 cm. SOLD.
'The Glimmering.' Offset and stone lithograph on Fabriano paper, hand embellished with oil paint. Float- mounted on board set in a simple, black wood frame. Overall framed size 89.5 x 74.5 cm. Available to buy, framed €1,500.
'Coming, Going.' Stone lithograph on Fabriano paper, hand-embellished with oil paint. Float-mounted on board set in an integral frame 10 cm wide. Framed Size 51 x 87 cm. Available to buy, framed €600
'Shifting Shapes,' Oil on stretched canvas on a wooden frame, 110 x 131 cm. Available to buy, €3,000
'Hot Blue Day I.' Oil and ultramarine pigment powder on stretched canvas. Unframed 45 x 45 cm. €400. Makes a pleasing suite with 'Hot Blue Day II.'
'Hot Blue Day II.' Oil and ultramarine pigment powder on stretched canvas. Unframed 45 x 45 cm. €400. Makes a pleasing suite with 'Hot Blue Day I.'
'Timothy's Art Bar.' Oil paint on canvas. 90 x 78 cm. Available to buy, unframed €2800.
Abstract
The words abstract, romantic and Zen have been used to describe my work. They are not terms that would have automatically come to my mind but, when I think about it, there may be some truth there.
The romantic in me moves me to try and relate my experience in a visual way. But a deep sense of inadequacy to fully capture the glory that I am observing drives me in the direction of abstraction which, for me, is the most intense and accurate way of capturing some essence of that experience. You could liken it to the way a poet distils an emotion into a condensed, minimalist yet fully charged expression of that feeling.
If I have succeeded the result may have a Zen quality about it - something that has been hard won in a struggle against the tendency to overstate everything. And it usually entails a long, messy and often confusing process of repeatedly paring down to eliminate unnecessary clutter.