Scratchboard paper.

28x22"

WANT YOU is one of a 2-part hand gestures series in the exploration of emotion. Confronted with the commanding imagery of this piece, viewers must decide, does one obey the command? Or take a different stance. Dimensionality and depth gains form in the application of traditional scratchboarding techniques.

Scratchboard and india ink.

28x22"

PRINCE & KINGS is a scratchboard artwork that creates patterning, texture and allows for movement and dimension to shine within the scratchboard medium through hatching, stippling, cross-hatching, and the manipulation of sharp tools that aid different degrees of ink and clay removal to render the figures. Strategic colourizing supports the narrative and brings further visual interest.

Scratchboard paper.

24x18"

The gentle falling of SNOWFLAKES II evokes a winterscape wonderland. Scrapings with sharp tools, on scratchboard in black and white, creates a composition that is cool, light and breezy.

Acrylic, collage and scratchboard on canvas.

24x30"

KING PORTRAIT COLLAGE explores achieving more 3-dimensional representation with
the scratchboard medium and a recognizable image. Utilizing an application technique that the artist refers to as 'Sculptural Scratchboard', expands traditional scratchboarding beyond the 2-dimensional plane. Collage applications and mixed media, encourages an experience in contemporary experimentation.

Scratchboard and india ink.

7x5"

Why do we create? How do we create? There are a multitude of avenues to achieve a creative piece. JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE is a scratchboard artwork that seeks to identify scratchboard as a fine art consideration. Let's hand it to the beauty of choice within this medium and the many sharp tools of the trade to achieve amazing artistic results.

Charcoal on stonehenge paper.

30x22"

Rendered in charcoal, DOMINOE EFFECT directs movement across
Stonehenge paper. Repetition contributes visually to the sense of motion, as the uniform images systematically occupy different real estate on this fine art substrate.

Acrylic and modeling paste on canvas.

30x24"

How do shapes and colour representations relate to one another? Are they relatable to abstraction and deconstruction? Through employing triad, complements, monochrome, square, and analogous colour schemes and different colour values, these colour harmonies realize into a cohesive piece. Organic forms of various shapes and sizes are meant to add interest and movement to the piece. Inverted repetitive patterning has also been incorporated within the composition. Mixing flexible modeling paste to a second layer of the acrylic paint builds up heavy textures and dimensional form.
Even when there is no colour relation; cross-over of colour has been allowed to occur in order to force the composition to read as a cohesive arrangement, even though there are contrasts of colours.
With abstraction and deconstruction as the driving force, there is more licence to mix and match compositional ideas that may otherwise have been more constrained in execution, in a more representational format.

Acrylic, collage and scratchboard on canvas.

24x24"

Portrait Collage is a sculptural scratchboard work that combines the mixed media of scratchboard, ink, and collage elements to create a 3-dimensional art piece that is contemporary and vibrant. Collage applications and mixed media, encourages an experience in contemporary experimentation.

Clayboard and india ink.

6.50x3"

BEJEWELLED TRINKET BOX draws out the dimensionality and realism in this work through the use of traditional scratchboard techniques to scrape away and manipulate top silver and blue India ink layers that have been applied to a clayboard surface. Additional blue inks, re-scraped, render the bejewelling gems complete.

Oil and graphite on stonehenge paper.

22x30"

In Hidden Features, the experimentation of mixed media abstracts the portrait and masks the true vision that lies beneath. The narrative is open to interpretation.

Gold ink on paper.

24x18"

The influence of John Franzen is reflected in this artwork with the use of continuous line to demonstrate fluidity of movement. CONTINUOUS LINE demonstrates the nature of a single inhalation of breath with each parallel line, that evolves into surprisingly layered and patterned, waves and undulations.

Scratchboard.

7x5"

PORTRAIT IN GREYSCALE is a study in the use of greyscale, light and shadow. The angled, up-close imagery reflects a unique 3D effect through the employ of traditional scratchboard techniques that utilizes sharp tools to scrape away an India ink top layer to an underlayer of white china clay that reveals an image that provides a balance between the dark and the light.

Scratchboard and india ink.

8x10"

Junior Carnival highlights the vibrancy and energy that is carnival. The scratchboard medium provides a 3-dimensional dynamic through strategic scraping away of the surface layer, that is then emphasized further with rich India inks.

Scratchboard and india ink.

11x14"

LITTLE DARLINGS is an artwork depicting a moment of childhood innocence and relationship.
Through an exploration of the scratchboard medium, sharp tools carved into the black ink which sits on a white clay layer and board substrate, create depth of form. Cross-hatching, stippling and hatching serve to reveal a command of line that enables the rendering of shapes and textures. The portrait figures are allowed dimensionality and realism. Strategic pops of colour further the narrative in the use of India inks.
The viewer is invited to witness honest emotion and to perhaps journey to a similar moment in time where such an act of tenderness is remembered.

Yarn and acrylic on canvas.

48x30"

By incorporating Bridget Riley's creation of optical illusion through shapes and the influence of John Franzen's use of continuous line to demonstrate fluidity of movement, TEXTILE PAINTING- CIRCULARS adopts the textile material of multi-coloured yarn to mimic and simulate paint. In doing so, the look of "textile painting is created. The painterly strands capture the unrestricted cascades, drips and flows amongst the circular shapes.

Yarn and acrylic on canvas.

40x30"

With COMPLEMENTARY TEXTILE-PURPLE & YELLOW, the textile material of multi-coloured yarn fills the canvas to simulate paint. The resultant look of a "textile painting" is created. The painterly strands of purple yarn in juxtaposition with its yellow complement, flow in unrestricted waves.

Yarn and acrylic on canvas.

40x30"

With COMPLEMENTARY TEXTILE-ORANGE & BLUE, the textile material of multi-coloured yarn fills the canvas to simulate paint. The resultant look of a
"textile painting" is created. The painterly strands of orange yarn in juxtaposition with its blue complement, flow in unrestricted waves.

Scratchboard and India Ink

10x10"

NATURE'S WORLD utilizes strategic and intentional scraping and scratching off of the black ink surface layers to reveal a white clay surface beneath and images that figure prominently of the rabbit, the Blue Jay ,the male and female cardinals and the White-tailed deer. Three dimensional visuals are achieved within this scratchboard medium, by employing sharp tools to create markings, crosshatchings, and hatchings that contribute to realistic dynamic expression. In manipulating relevant India ink tones, the narrative for realism is further enhanced.