Tai

In the artist's words

This is a collection of acylic, pastel and black ink paintings on canvas. I love painting representations of sunflowers, bees amd rainbows as well as swirling colours with stars reflecting the beginning of this universe.
My mother was a botanical artist whose life and work inspires me. I am self trained and spent my professional life as a business and economics secondary school teacher. I have painted since the 1970s but since retiring have been enjoying the opportunity of having time to paint more.
I have always admired Rembrandt's depiction of light and the extraordinary realism of the Dutch masters but the impressionists gave the world a new way of representing light and colour that I adore. I do not have any training in fine art work so my oaintings belong to the naive or primitivist world of simple shapes and exciting colour. I hope as a buyer you will enjoy the joy and peace I experience as a painter. As my beloved mum told me one day a long time ago, everytime she looked at a painting I gave her she found something else that she loved. I know she was slightly biased but it felt like a wonderful feeling of appreciation.
I sign my work as Tai. It is a homage to learning Tai Chi Ch'uan in Norwich in 1982-3. It also represents my preference for peace.