01 / THE SURFACE
Life, in
another medium.
From marine life to personal memories, my paintings explore the natural world through colour, observation and experimentation.
Selected paintings & works in progress.Marine life
An ongoing series exploring the personalities, colours and forms of marine life. Four more canvases are planned, each featuring a different creature.
Marine life series · 10 × 10
Seahorse
An exploration of sculptural form and vivid colour beneath the surface.
Marine life series · 10 × 10
Octopus
Curving arms and patterned suction cups bring a playful character to this marine study.
Work in progress · 10 × 10
Starfish
An unfinished study from the ongoing marine life series, with the underlying drawing still visible.
Work in progress · 10 × 10
Jellyfish
A developing study of drifting movement and translucent marine forms.
Miniature worlds
A series of 100 small paintings, each on a 4 × 4 canvas. More than 30 are underway, with around four or five completed so far. These selections offer a look inside the developing collection.
From the studio
Lotus & fish
From the studio
Pomegranate & gold
From the studio
Pomegranate & bloom
From the studio
Sea turtle
From the studio
Starfish & shell
Studies & stories
Class projects and personal studies: learning through observation, reference and experimentation.
Advanced Painting final · Unfinished
Mykonos self-portrait
Painted in three days for my Advanced Painting class final. Although technically unfinished, it captures a specific place and moment in my life.
Class painting · From a photograph
A bird at the beach
A painting of my cousin’s bird at the beach, developed from a reference photograph for a class project.
Painting study
First Old Master study
My first Old Master painting study, exploring composition, atmosphere and the relationships between light and colour.