Forms

Forms #6, 2010,
Embossed and incised lines on paper, 28 x 37 cm

Forms #4, 2010
Embossed and incised lines on paper, 25.5 x 36 cm

Single form #9, 2010
Embossed and incised lines on paper, 28 x 19 cm

Single form #4, 2010
Embossed and incised lines on paper, 28 x 19 cm

Single form #8, 2010
Embossed and incised lines on paper, 28 x 19 cm

Diamond Series

Diamond with blue tip, 2007

Acrylic on paper mounted on stretcher,
37 x 37 x 1.8 cm Vertical axis 69 cm

Diamond (wood), 2007,
Acrylic on paper mounted on stretcher,
37 x 37 x 1.8 cm Vertical axis 69 cm

Diamond (grey grid), 2006

Acrylic on paper mounted on stretcher,
29 x 29 x 1.8 cm Vertical axis 47 cm

Diamond Series #3, 2006
Acrylic on paper mounted on stretcher,
Each panel: 22 x 22 x 1.8 cm Vertical axis 31 cm

Diamond Series #2, 2006

Acrylic on paper mounted on stretcher,
Each panel: 22 x 22 x 1.8 cm Vertical axis 31 cm
(Collection of Heather Chapman, Australia)

Artist's statement

Over the years, a world view drawing on certain Eastern philosophical traditions has helped me to negotiate questions of how the universe works and how best to live in it.

I explore various methods and materials to make a line ‘effortlessly’, without strain. This means being receptive to ‘chance’ playing a part in the making of the work and maintaining a quiet state of mind.

Once a mark is ‘found’, it is replicated in rows on paper. I incise and emboss lines with household implements and customized tools.

The process of filling the blank paper with repeated lines induces calmness and stillness in my mind.

I am engaged by the natural, rhythmic marks produced by hand movement and although I am unable to analyse it, I recognize when a work is 'successful'.