Rock Forms, Yellow Seated Man

Oil on canvas. 50 x 70 cm

I did a series of paintings connecting the idea of ambiguity and the need for us to find familiarity to feel connected. When a viewer looks at a piece of artwork that is abstract or that they don't understand, they create a connection by finding shape they relate to in order to feel more secure. I often hear "look theres an eye", or "I can see a face in it". This is known as Pariedola. I often connect to this idea when i'm out walking in woodlands or on the many beaches near my house in Cornwall. I can see sculptures that echo the human form in groups of boulders, the crevices of a cliff, or the trunks and limbs of trees.