Studies in Abstraction
Habitats, Landscapes, and Pareidolia
2024–2026
Moving away from the academic conventions of traditional painting explored in Art History Reimagined and Aesop´s Fables, this series embraces intuitive abstraction: painting with my untrained hand to explore an instinctive visual language.
I examine how perception shapes a composition and how psychology forms the underlying theme. Colour fields expand into imagined landscapes, and intuitive painting with spontaneous brushwork evolves into organic habitats; the layered bitumen strings coax Pareidolia, revealing marine creatures and drifting debris suspended in a fluid, watery space. Their altered surroundings suggest the new, forced habitats created by human impact and the uneasy coexistence that results.
Pareidolia · 2026
Abstract Landscapes · 2026
Abstract Habitats · 2024 - 2025