This is an oak gall ink and mixed media painting on paper from a small series of paintings and drawings, titled Neon And Rust.

I make the oak gall ink and other ecological botanical inks by hand, sustainably foraging or growing the materials I need.

Artist Statement

This series was made after I spent some time living off-grid in an eighty-acre Welsh oak woodland. There was a timber framer, a rusty forge and a Lot of trees.

When I emerged I would often head to the sea for it’s brightness, often pale colours and sparkle. The contrast was stark and sometimes in the girders, lido’s and sea defences, I came across neon and rust.

I am intrigued by the idea that opposites are always present and attempt to paint contradictions of personality and situation. I am interested in differences of rhythm, tempo and repetition, and how they produce irregularity in marks, layers; also colours and their inherent instability.

All these contradict the inherent flatness of paintings and this is where I seek to explore the possibilities and impossibilities of expressing these liminal moments in paint.

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