These works have been born out of silence and tuning into the inner voice. I love silence, it allows me to be me, it allows me to live in my head. Words often fail me, I am not good with them, that I think is why I paint. Painting is how I express myself and I now find I am articulating the silence within me; in my work. So this latest series of works I have entitled ‘silence from within’

Turn each of your thoughts into a bird and let them fly to the other world.
One is an owl, one is a falcon, one is a crow. Each one is different from the others but they are all the same in silence.
Do you think I know what I’m doing, that for a moment, or even half a moment, I know what verses will come from my mouth?
I am no more than a pen in a writer’s hand, no more than a ball smacked around by a polo stick!
Rumi

The works are in oil on wooden panel, I use oil pastel, oil sticks, markers and scrapers charcoal and pigment sticks, newspaper and graphite to make marks whichever fits the moment. All work is UV protected, Signed on the back. The work is on plywood panel and is ready to hang. No further framing is needed

I hope you enjoy them - there's more in the making, watch this space

to read more about my journey as an artist see finding my way

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