These paintings are parts of an ongoing series of works titled ‘The Middle Kingdom’, which are all pieces inspired by the sights and history of China, where I am currently based. I find China to be particularly evocative in light of my thematic concerns and interests, with a wealth of history reflecting the wider rise and fall of civilizations. The various pieces can be understood as elements of a fragmented narrative, which can be viewed in isolation or as pieces of a whole. There is no linear progression through the images as such, rather I am trying to evoke a sense of cyclical time, the constant rise and aspirations as well as the fall and cynical decline: the ebb and flow of history through human traces and artifacts.
“In Our Dreams We Have Seen Another World”
“Moon Door”
“A Past Turned To Ash and Dust”
“A Construct of Shared History”
“Shining Towards The Sun”
“Aenigma Regis”
“A Construct of Dust for Ruined Grandeur”
“A Gallery of Silenced Voices”
“Across the Shoulders of the Dead”
“Early Autumn Mist”
“Labyrinths”
“Signal to Noise”
“Swarming”
“The Light Gleams an Instant”
“Things Fall Apart”
“After the Fall”
“In Secrets and Silence”
“Portraits of the Doomed I: Abandoned”
“Portraits of the Doomed II: Forgotten”
“Portraits of the Doomed III: Damaged”
“Portraits of the Doomed IV: Lost”
“Portraits of the Doomed V: Forsaken”
“A Sound As Of Sighing”
“A Cage of Air”
“The Middle Kingdom”
“Unknowing”
“Campaign of Sparrows”
