Blue Buffalo Check Tête-à-Tête started with a dynamic little pencil sketch of our foyer. But the more I painted , the more it lost the energy of the sketch. After letting it gestate for a few days, I realised I'd included extraneous information that was confounding the point of the painting. Back at the easel, I began to deconstruct the painting until the chairs and table reigned as planned. The truth of the matter is, details in paintings are like spices in cooking. As fine as the line is between flavourful and inedible, so is the risk of beauty and visual chaos.

My Interior paintings always strive to capture the beauty of the mundane. In this case, it's the conversation inspired by sharing a cup of tea.