Serie Flowing 

"Mainly I was thinking of geometry and the game Tangram which uses geometric shapes to create recognisable forms. I wanted to use these shapes to create multiple-use geometric figures. Geometry is one of the keys to this new series, but it is, as always in my work, an unsettled geometry, not at all rigid or intending to be completely perfect. I want to show how it can be a 'primary element' from which all shapes can be constructed and realised. I have tried to think of geometry as a live creature that continually changes, each time giving us quite different random shapes and ideas which make up our real world. Life is movement and I started the floor pieces thinking about a movement that the visitor can also interact with. The floor pieces entitled Flow 1 and Flow 2 are like a moving, developing painting within which people can move the shapes to create variations, deciding on the different relationships of colour and design. Overall movement is achieved in the resultant paintings by making a series of them. Each one shows a possible interaction of these geometric figures whilst at the same time introducing a unique rhythm/interference of colour.

Energy is constantly transforming the elements and this energy is contained in forms and colours. In the paintings, the activity/movement balances control with chance, giving an uncertain result. Colours are neither pure nor impure, neither beautiful nor ugly. I see colour as light that impacts on forms and materials. Therefore, light conditions will affect our vision of these colours and our vision of reality.

My use of games is like a metaphor for the structure and development of life itself - an activity with an uncertain outcome. The act of painting functions in a similar way - there are the boundaries of the canvas, the limitations of paint, the conceptual constraints of actually making a painting, and finally the environment in which they are shown. I use and also manipulate basic systems and rules of games of my own. The structures these rules provide are always the starting point of my work and are used to issue instructions and strategies in the making of the paintings. But I also allow an element of chance and self-determination to enter the process in order to introduce playfulness in the face of what can otherwise be a too controlled activity.

I communicate visually the way I think life is, trying to balance order and freedom, trying to express the energy of life through the experimentation of colour and the manipulation of basic shapes. It is always geometric in some way, but painted leaving a human trace."