Artist's Palette

Why do I paint?

Simply put, I just love to paint. I absolutely adore to splash paint across a canvas – mixing brilliant and luminescent colours is amazing.

My technique is mostly self-taught and I love to experiment – there have been dreadful mistakes, but that doesn’t stop me from trying to push and explore my boundaries. When it works, it is an extraordinary feeling and when it doesn’t, then that is another lesson learnt.

If you can call it a technique, my technique consists of completing a basic drawing or blocking in of

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