Landscape

PATOIS LANDSCAPE II

49”x49” | oil on canvas | 2016

About this work
Patois – a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form. It is the jargon (graffiti) of French Canada. It is the ‘language’ of the people and can be found painted illicitly as graffiti in urban landscapes.

COMPARISON VIEW II

36”x48” | oil on canvas | 2019

About this work
I have been working with the Tibetan Mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ which I discovered in a Cy Twombly painting. I have added the mantra to my landscape work. The work is gestural and graffitti-like. The essence of expression where our natural and urban worlds collide. This is part personal journey and part social commentary … discussing the collective unconscious landscape of the times.

COMPARISON VIEW I

36”x48” | oil on canvas | 2019

About this work
I have been working with the Tibetan Mantra ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ which I discovered in a Cy Twombly painting. I have added the mantra to my landscape work. The work is gestural and graffitti-like. The essence of expression where our natural and urban worlds collide. This is part personal journey and part social commentary … discussing the collective unconscious landscape of the times.