Pots with a story to tell

摘要

My large-scale, figuratively painted pots are the meeting of images and form, combined with the sense of movement produced when the viewer walks around them. Concave and convex forms can produce dizzying perspectives resulting in a dramatic sense of space. This is further enhanced by the infinite space afforded by the pot's circumference, where the horizon effectively spirals round without end unless the painter decides otherwise. When painting a pot, the physical limits - or frame - are the rim and base only. A viewer's emotional response might be prompted by shape, form, images or colour, but they will also respond to the space created by perspective. Coupled with its historical and narrative associations, a pot has the potential to be an unusually dramatic canvas.