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the scar gallery online private view
Thank you for joining me online. This exhibition brings together three connected bodies of work, each marking a different stage in my recent practice. I hope you'll enjoy exploring the paintings as much as I enjoyed discovering them.
From the landscapes of the Eden Valley to intuitive abstractions created through instinct and discovery, each series explores a different way of responding to memory, place and change.
If you can’t attend the show, I made this video so you can experience it too ….
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Since this show contains three distinct bodies of work, each other their own purpose, focus and aesthetic, you can also visit each collection separately.
abstract landscapes
These paintings began in the landscapes of the Eden Valley and the Yorkshire Dales. I'm interested in how landscape is experienced not how it looks. As we walk, we notice changing light, hear birdsong, feel the wind, and continually shift our attention - the landscape becomes an accumulation of moments. Through layers of paint, collage, and drawing, I try to recreate that experience—allowing memory, movement and sensation to sit alongside observation. The painting becomes an emotional landscape rather than a literal one.
the ‘italy series’
These small intuitive abstract paintings were created during a retreat in Italy in 2026. Working on a small scale encouraged immediacy and experimentation, allowing each painting to emerge through instinct rather than planning. Although abstract, they became emotional responses to a period of profound personal change, holding moments of uncertainty, hope, grief and renewal. Together they form a visual diary of transition, where feeling took precedence over explanation.
intuitive abstracts
These works continue my exploration of intuitive abstraction, with an increasing focus on process itself. By working on multiple pieces at pne time, I was able to move quickly between paintings, responding instinctively. Charcoal, pastel, paint and collage were combined freely.
I only began to edit once the paintings had settled —refining and clarifying what had already emerged. Each painting grew from a process of discovery, allowing something authentic to reveal itself.
A Closing Thought
Although these paintings fall into three distinct groups, they all belong to the same conversation.
Together they document a period of transition—of letting go, experimenting, trusting intuition and rediscovering what painting can be when the need to control begins to fall away. Whether inspired by the landscape of the Eden Valley, born from intuitive mark-making in Italy, or developed through increasingly instinctive studio processes, each series has shaped the next.
I don't see these paintings as answers. They are moments of discovery—records of paying attention, embracing uncertainty and allowing the work to reveal itself one mark at a time.
Thank you for taking the time to explore them.
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