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In oil paintings and drawings, I try to illuminate the everyday objects I find around me, as they are illuminated for me by random moments of clarity. Things I have seen a thousand times, while cleaning the kitchen, preparing dinner or taking out the trash…

Then the light falls in such a way, and I see the arrangement of shapes anew I stop
I look
Really look, for the first time

the sparkle of sunlight across clean dishes in the dishwasher;
the luminous glow of a stained-glass onion skin among vegetables waiting to be chopped;
the elegant perfection of a humble Chinese noodle box on its way to the trash;

And I rejoice in what is familiar and commonplace, once again with the wonder of a child

My small oil paintings share a light-filled, intimate moment, creating a personal window of peace and tranquility. At the other end of the scale, large sepia-toned charcoal drawings moodily magnify my daily detritus in the ‘Carbon Footprint’ series, elevating my trash to monumental status.