*Watercolour
I’ve come back to watercolour again and again over the years, intrigued by the illusory, ephemeral world of colours drifting in water. There’s the sublime break-up at the end of a stroke that the Japanese masters call ‘flying white’. The sharp outlines the drying paint creates crisply contrast with the white surface. And always the careful attention, watching the sheen of wetness change on the surface, the patience called for and then… the decisiveness of the stroke.
I’m intrigued by the contrast of large simple shapes with small closely observed detail. I see the white paper as a vital design element, holding the same importance as the objects it supports. The negative spaces around objects are part of the equation, creating tensions and harmonies. There is a simple beauty in everyday objects and a poignancy in their relationship to one another, looking deeply at them is seeing them for the first time.
