Text / Dreamscapes

Portfolio V (2D) Dreamscapes

The images in Dreamscapes are largely concerned with pattern, and specifically patterns in textiles: a horse blanket or a coat or costume.

Sometimes the textile pattern becomes the fabric of a tree, which also has the effect of 'flattening' the image.

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Dream Leaves Falling ©

Oil on canvas

120 cm high x 150 cm wide

The figure stares out while her subconscious thoughts fall silently behind her.

The blanket, brocaded tree, garment and backdrop are all on one unreal, plain.

The painting is a patchwork of 'fabric' and the fabric of the painting is broken by a scattering of cut-out dreams.

Persian VlII The Dreamcoat ©

Oil on canvas

70 cm high x 70 cm wide

The figure is of ambiguous gender but the coat is Jacob’s.

"This image emerged because I was developing the floral blanket and carpet motifs and trying to find a new expression for this.

I ended up with a far-away, dreamy image."

Persian l The Rose Blanket ©

Oil on canvas

70 cm high x 70 cm wide

A visit to a major Gauguin exhibition is reflected here in the treatment of the tree and choice of palette.

A Persian miniature of King Darius and Herdsmen inspires the conceit of horse and figure.

"I’m trying to free up the tightness of the miniature with broad, very loose brushwork whilst giving the painting a simple geometry.

The horse blanket allows me to 'quarter' the image with a painting within a painting."

Persian lX Dreamcoat ll ©

Oil on canvas

120 cm high x 150 cm wide

The Magnolia Blanket ©

Oil on canvas

120 cm high x 150 cm wide

Another instance where the image is quartered with the use of a horse blanket which becomes a canvas of its own.

The cloak separates the quarter occupied by the tree, with a triangle.

The horse is really incidental.

Oil on canvas

120 cm high x 150 cm wide

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Oil on canvas

70 cm high x 70 cm wide