The Extraordinary Lies Beneath. Abstracted Reality is all about looking below the surface. We all lead fast paced lives where we’re rushing from one thing to the next. When do we get a chance to just ‘be’ – to sit and reflect, to reach for something deeper and more meaningful and really get below the surface of our day to day lives? I was fortunate enough to find that time and opportunity for contemplation through my photography. With a desire to slow down and really look, I learnt to see the extraordinary beauty in my immediate surroundings. My home became my inspiration and my muse. Somehow, the small act of peeking into the unknown and mysterious, of shifting my attention to a layer below the surface, generated a whole new life and awareness. I now have the chance to dream, and in a way, create a new existence from what is around me. I believe we all need to create … [Read More...]
Artist Statement
Invite a sense of mystery, wonder and intrigue. Imagery which challenges creative boundaries and stimulates the imagination has always been at the forefront of my abstract photography. Exploring more unconventional methods of interpretation and presentation, I take familiar, everyday items found around my home and transform them from the ordinary into the extraordinary; this is my ‘Abstracted Reality’. Right from the outset, my photographic vision has been to look at objects with fresh eyes and a new perspective, discovering beauty and transcendence in the commonplace. For me, photography is not so much about artistically recording what is there, but creating something new and different out of what exists already. I want to give new … [Read More...]
Interior Designers
Just the thing for your Interior Design projectI would love to work with you on your interior design plan and have prepared a catalogue specifically tailored to the needs of professional Interior Designers and Art Consultants. Abstracted Reality's 'Contemporary Abstract Art' catalogue is a one stop shop for all of your design and presentation needs. Answering many of the questions you and your clients may have, the catalogue also contains dedicated pages for each image, making it very easy to view and select which artwork best suits the interior you want to create. I look forward to collaborating with you on your projects.Create the Perfect Infusion of Colour and Imagination‘Abstracted Reality’ brings a new and … [Read More...]
Artistic Thoughts … A Selection from my Blog
Discovering Your Own Photographic Style
Do you have a photograph that, looking back years later, you can say – “That’s the one which kick started everything. That’s the photo which set me on my photographic journey. That was the instant when my eyes were truly opened.” I do. I remember it vividly. I’d been in a quagmire, going nowhere fast […]
In the Mind of a Triptych Judge
I recently had the privilege of being one of three judges in the 2020 Nelson National Triptych Salon, hosted by the Nelson Camera Club of New Zealand. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the 466 entries and am heartened that the art of creating a triptych is alive and well in this country. It’s often the […]
“Music is the ultimate teacher” Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) is generally credited as the pioneer of Abstract Art. For this visionary and influential painter and art theorist, colour and music shared an inseparable and profound bond. Kandinsky recounts an extraordinary visual reaction he experienced while attending a performance of Wagner’s opera ‘Lohengrin’ – “I saw all my colours in […]