A new series in the making, Continuum

Enlisting a helping hand to cut the sheets

Ready to take back to the studio

Cutting sample pieces for experimentation

I’ve started working on a new series called Continuum. It began with a set of reclaimed metal sheets I brought back from a derelict farm building. The surfaces were already rich with marks - rust, stains, scratches - evidence of time and weather. I was drawn to them straight away. They already held a kind of quiet story.

In the studio, I’ve been responding to those existing marks by building up layers of oil paint. I’m working with thin, translucent veils that let the surface underneath stay partly visible. It’s a way of keeping that sense of history alive in the work.

The idea behind the series is to explore slow change. I’m interested in how surfaces, places and memories shift over time, not through big, sudden moments, but through small, almost imperceptible changes. Each painting sits somewhere along that ongoing process of transformation.

It’s early days, but this way of working feels right. Unhurried, reflective and grounded in the material itself.

You can see the first few pieces from Continuum over on my portfolio page, and I’ll be adding more as the series develops.