I know I still have a long road to travel, but it is a rewarding one, one which constantly inspires and challenges one to find different ways to express ones surroundings. Apart from being inspired by the natural environment, I find the bigger inspiration comes from seeing other artists work. I believe art is not just about creating a perfect reproduction of ones subject, but rather finding new ways to interpret it and convey my own expression through it. I hope I have managed in some way to do this, and ‘strike a chord’ with those who look at my work.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A Visual Journey
I guess I’ve always been surrounded by art, and am lucky to have come from an artistic background – both my parents are artistic and they always encouraged my artistic pursuits when I was younger. I always enjoyed drawing, in particular ships and aircraft, and spent hours copying pictures in books from the school library. In retrospect I now wish I had spent more time on my art in the past, but as one grows up, there are always other left (and right) – brained distractions, my other creative pursuits being carpentry and jazz music.
I never really considered art as a career and instead chose to study engineering – perhaps believing the rumours about artists being poor, and rather choosing a safer, but perhaps less fulfilling career path. However, I believe it’s a crime to neglect the talents one is given, so I have again in the past few years decided to concentrate more on my artistic endeavors. I have now learnt that, like anything, art and painting is about training the eye, just like music is about training the ear, and one has to spend time at it every day in order to achieve a reasonable proficiency in it.