Light Chasing! is an exhibition in which I have explored the notions of the spiritual and its relationship to light. Wassily Kandinsky's book Concerning the Spiritual in Art sparked my interest to investigate the connections between painting and the spiritual. Being greatly influenced by the theories of the sublime, these works are a response and interpretation of how light, and its effect on our surroundings, can evoke a spiritual experience.

Oils have a luminous quality that I employ in my works to create a type of atmosphere and mood that hopefully draws the viewer’s eye into the painting – a quality I find strongly appealing and evident in the works of Rick Amor, Louise Hearman, Caspar David Friedrich, Edward Hopper and JMW Turner.

I am drawn to the works of Rembrandt, stopping to admire the effects of chiaroscuro, and to peer into the darks and lights. The ability of light to distort objects and illuminate shadows, creates interesting forms and colours. Distortions can affect how we see our world and challenge our perceptions of it; they preoccupy my thoughts throughout the whole process of creating my paintings.