Maps…

Maps are strange things. A man made denoter of space and place. A result of our desire to order and own the land. An attempt to give structure and logic and stop it dissolving into meaningless fragments. It describes journeys we can take or have taken. When put in the context of a painting it talks of our self refelxive painterly journeys. It also alludes to other narratives outsdie the frame.

Grids… 

In painting a grid references the frame. It is a reoccuring theme in the history of the discipline which reminds us of the plastic construction of form across the flat space. It is a devise which focuses our attention on a paintings autonomy.  

A grid talks to us about space and order. A utopian fabricated desire for coherence, understanding and perfection. It relates directly to mankinds various searches for such metaphysical understanding. In history, science, religion, polotics, sociology and archeology we create grid to order our ditritus.

 A grid reminds us of paintings ability to refer both to and beyond itself, from the specific to the metaphysic.