In the Studio

Lifecycles

Introduction

Lifecycles explores time, transition and impermanence through sequences of images, fragments and recurring motifs. Individual moments sit alongside one another, suggesting what came before and what might follow.

Sequences, vestiges and artefacts

These recent commissions developed the idea through imagery deeply personal to each owner. Memories, objects, places and recurring motifs are brought together to create connected narratives, with colour also playing an important part in each work.

Rather than following a conventional chronology, the paintings accumulate fragments of a lived life, allowing different moments and memories to coexist within a single sequence.

SEQUENCES, VESTIGES AND ARTEFACTS OF A LIVED LIFE

Abstract artwork featuring Muybridge cat illustrations, flowers, butterflies, skeletons, and scientific sketches with colourful backgrounds in blue, red, yellow, and orange hues.

Lifecycle #1
Oil on linen
195cm x 140cm

Abstract artwork detail with yellow and blue tones featuring a cityscape, gears, a Tony Hancock holding a cup, and cosmic elements.
Abstract artwork featuring sketches of birds in flight, sketches of a butterfly, a skeleton of a bird, handwritten notes, and mathematical graphs on a colourful background with shades of blue, orange, and yellow.

Lifecycle #2
Oil on linen
200cm x 140cm

Flightpath
Oil on linen
70cm x 90cm