New large-format paintings, prints & drawing. Preview selected works here: PREVIEW

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How I work. I always start an artwork with an open mind and trust the inadvertent fall of paint or random placement lines, colour and shapes. However, as a news junkie and music lover, I can’t help but use these elements along with personal experiences to build and construct the finished piece. This leads to a mixture of abstraction and representation, constructed using various media including drawing, painting, printing, photography, collage and text to develop and convey thoughts and ideas onto a page, canvas or board.

As shown, my drawing and small studies throughout this site use representation, such as landscapes, symbols, figures, animals and words for example, however, my larger works are quite different.  Although the titles may suggest, the larger format paintings aren’t trying to be, or convey a specific image of a subject or something or somewhere. The intention is to draw the viewer into the painting to experience it as uniquely something or somewhere – in it’s own right.

rsjbarker 2022

“I don’t paint experiences, a painting is the experience”. Jackson Pollock