These paintings and drawings have evolved from a number of seemingly disparate subjects which include water, environmental issues, the implications and effects of the production of nuclear energy and weapons, geophysical phenomena, photographic images and the alteration of land forms.

Ideas are drawn from written accounts or text of some kind which refer to these subjects. I am interested in the use of language, how it can obscure or reveal or have more than one meaning, and in the qualities of photography (transparency, overlapping or double imagery, masking, the employment of memory).

The photographs taken by Robert Polidori of the Exclusion Zone around Chernobyl have been a great source of inspiration, as well as many texts and other images recording details of the Chernobyl Reactor explosion, and those relating previously secret details of The Manhattan Project and the research at Los Alamos, New Mexico.

I am also intrigued by the various states of water (vapor, liquid, ice) and its physical and emotional effects.

The pictures below are a random selection of what you can see at the Gallery and is intended to give you an overview of the exhibition - to fully appreciate the art you really need to visit the gallery in Queen's Park.

You can click on the thumbnail images below to see a larger view of the item.
 

This page was last updated on: 04/29/2008