Figures

An ongoing exploration of the male figure and the psychological tension between people. Moments of proximity, intimacy and ambiguity expressed through gesture, line and colour.

Abstract watercolor painting of two nude women standing close together, with minimal lines and warm orange and cool blue tones.
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Abstract watercolor painting of two people lying on their sides, facing each other, with one person holding a glass of wine, in shades of blue and orange.
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Abstract watercolor illustration of two figures, one sitting and one standing, with orange and blue shades.
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Watercolor painting of a man and woman in an elevator, with the man helping the woman adjust her shoe.
Abstract watercolor painting of a nude female figure with blue outline and red accents.
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Paintings

My paintings are drawn from memory: a procession, a theatre, a circus, recalled rather than seen. My strong use of colour and pattern draws on the legacy of hard-edge abstraction (flat, unmodulated colour with clean boundaries between forms, pioneered by Californian painters in the 1950s), here, the forms, however, are not strictly geometric but derived from figures. Each painting evolves through a careful recalibration of lines, shapes and colours until the composition evokes a moment compressed to its essentials. The titles come last.

Abstract geometric artwork with overlapping shapes in red, blue, teal, black, purple, and pink on a pink background.
Abstract geometric artwork with shapes in green, red, pink, peach, and beige on a white background, with handwritten text 'AU THEATRE VII' and initial 'N.' at the bottom.
Abstract geometric artwork featuring pastel and red shapes on a light green background.
Abstract geometric art with a variety of colored shapes including squares, rectangles, and triangles; prominent colors include red, black, green, blue, yellow, pink, and purple.
Abstract geometric artwork with various shapes and colors, including blue, red, green, pink, and brown, arranged in a complex pattern.
Abstract artwork with green, white, and blue shapes on a black background.
Abstract colorful geometric shapes on a black background.
Abstract geometric artwork with various colored shapes including black, white, purple, orange, green, and blue on a light blue background.
An abstract art piece with overlapping organic shapes in shades of blue, brown, gray, red, and beige, arranged in a flowing composition.
A colorful abstract illustration of a paper shopping cart with two orange wheels, filled with various geometric shapes and colors against a green background.
Abstract geometric painting with blue, black, red, and white shapes, titled 'L'Horloge'.

Open edition prints, King & McGaw