Quotes

• “Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key then another to cause vibration of the soul.” ... Kandinsky
  Citation from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Kandinsky

• It is often asked “What is beauty?” and the following quote by Goethe & other (unknown) has stuck by me for many years:
  “Goethe’s message of (the beautiful) beauty.
  Goethe grasps the beautiful neither as idea nor as a moral demand, but as a primal phenomenon of our being.”
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  “The beautiful is an archetypal phenomenon, which indeed never comes to appearance itself, but whose reflection becomes visible in a thousand different expressions of the work of the creating spirit, and is as manifold and various as nature herself.” (Goethe 18.04.1827)

Art (thoughts, ideas and their physical manifestations) serves to feed those further down the river.

Artist statement
Being ever mindful of dynamic forces, energies & thoughts that connect/disconnect all things visible and invisible, current work focuses to reflect such interactions. The multifaceted aspect of human subconscious and conscious thought is complex and my visual language has become much more intimate, personal, satisfying and of maturation as a mid-career artist.

In my professional art practice visual imagery, personal metaphors & symbols evolve through exploring influences that impact on my senses, memory and perception. Although surroundings of tropical NQ rainforest, mountains, beach & backyard are a constant & rich source for inspiration & materials to manipulate, work is also very much a spiritual practice, building upon one’s intuitive and creative powers. It is a fertile means of tapping into one’s inner world and making sense of, and to, the outer world. It is a process and journey of creativity, revelation, transformation and personal interpretation.