A blue field built up in oil and acrylic until it reads as depth rather than colour. Up close the surface breaks into low ridges and darker flecks; step back and it closes into a single plane.

Oil & Acrylic on canvas, 120 × 120 cm

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The most saturated piece in the group – ultramarine pushed as far as the pigment will go, with just enough trowelled texture to catch the light. Nothing else competes for the eye.

Acrylic on canvas. Framed.

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Pale blue over plaster, then sealed under epoxy: the surface beneath set hard, the layer on top still reading wet. The only sheen in the series.

Oil, acrylic, plaster and epoxy on canvas. Framed.

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The one gestural piece – blue and white cut into each other with the knife, wet into wet, left where they landed.

Oil on canvas. Framed.

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