Some studio work over the years.
You'll find a mix of payful, light, deep, and creepy. Every painting starts with a story or feeling in my mind, often translated through a subject.
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Oil on linen
Sit with them
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Blocked
This is me. I know it clearly isn't, but in my head, I was painting myself. Stuck, ideas with nowhere to go.
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AR26
Our captian. Campaign piece.
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Everything is passing you by.
The viewer was the starting point for this one. You're passing someone. A few details catch your attention, the rest are lost. Then they're gone forever.
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Between the Ears
This one came from my local Spar. It made me think about those rare moments where music shuts everything else out. For a few seconds, the outside world disappears.
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Commission - Joker
The brief - 'Jared Leto Joker'. That is all.
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Closed Book
I wanted to see how much emotion could be created through nothing more than thick layers of clay. What feeling do you see?
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Exhale
I was struck by the sailor’s calm expression, a quiet mind untouched by the chaos around him.
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Stuck.
A self-portrait from my time back in full-time employment. Glued to a desk, with ideas for paintings constantly building, but nowhere for them to go. I wanted it to feel like my webcam had quietly captured one of those moments.
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Acceptance
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The Escape
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Woody, you weigh a tonne
In my head, they’re at a wedding. This piece originated from spray-painting Woody and Buzz figures and taping them together to hold the perfect dynamic, drunken dancefloor pose.
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The Business Card
This painting was created specifically to be used on my business card. I chose not to repurpose older work, as some paintings are better suited to a smaller scale - and this felt like one of them. Printed on thick card and hand-signed on the back, each one becomes a unique mini print.
Oil on canvas
Imaginary Friend
the good gold days
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1. Staged
The stark, modern studio strips this statue of its context - as if he’s been plucked from antiquity and thurst into a life of posing.
Once a symbol of timeless stillness, he now sits under bright artificial lights, misplaced and repurposed, performing in a setting he was never meant for.
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2. For Paint Only
Created purely as a technical exercise, this subject exists for no reason other than to reflect light. There is no narrative or identity - just a manufactured form built to showcase paint. His gaze is empty, because he was only meant to be rendered.
The use of shallow depth of field sharpens this disconnect, drawing the viewer into a face-to-face encounter that feels intimate, yet ultimately hollow.
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3. Still Strain
This figure is locked in a pose that feels deliberately uncomfortable - tense and human in its awkwardness.
Unlike earlier works, it was painted with sharp restraint, using as few strokes as possible. This minimal approach heightens the contrast: each highlight is deliberate, every mark carries weight.
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4. Emerging
The final painting in my gold statue series, this piece marks a transition - both in subject and tone. Unlike the earlier works, where fully metallic figures sat uneasily in stark, modern settings, this figure begins to shed its artificiality.
The gold has softened. The form now feels more human, more at peace, and finally placed in a setting that feels like home. The use of gentle brushwork and a light, natural palette mirrors this shift - inviting stillness, rather than tension.
Whether the subject remains a statue or has begun to take on life is left ambiguous - for the viewer to decide.