At the end of 2002 I seriously accepted the challenge of painting again.
The overall themes of my oil paintings are that of stillness, a spiritual quality of light is portrayed in vast and evocative landscapes and seascapes.
Sometimes an individual household item is used in a symbolic way.
My technique is that of extreme subtlety in colour grading and colour fusion thus creating serene and contemplative quietness.
Over a period of 9 years there were three solo exhibitions
In 2009 the desire to paint took hold of me again.
I moved away from oils, stillness and sparse detail to acrylics, lots of texture and focused on growth and change.
These paintings are vastly different from my white, quiet, oil paintings because I believe that change, however difficult it may be, is essential.
I also tried my hand at abstract and non-figurative work.
I expressed the excitement and joy of rich, dark colours and heavy textures, but never at the expense of light.
These works were part of a retrospective exhibition that was presented in February 2011 at the Pretoria Art Association Celebrating 70 This exhibition gave an overview of many fascets of my creative output over a period of 50 years.
