Drawing inspiration from the abstract forms of empty Brutalist spaces, my paintings reference the relationship between nature and man-made structures in which interior space connects to outside nature through the passage and manipulation of light. And while the subject (or object) of the painting is architectural, the association is more symbolic. These are not a descriptive image of a known place, rather an accretion of spaces. Metaphysical, not actual.

The voids and interstices, openings and passages are liminal spaces through which we can transition, rooms within rooms. Some are secretive inner chambers that are metaphors for the unconscious. Others suspend time. They simply ask us to slow down, to pause and reflect. Emptiness and silent spaces – a moment in time captured in transient, passing light.

The mutable textures of stone, concrete and water invite a haptic understanding, a perception through touch. My process is a slow and deliberate accretion of translucent layers of oil glazes built up over a period of months to imbed luminosity and the atmospherics of time, age, decay and memory into the surface of the canvas. The process is also a meditative foil for the busy-ness of everyday living, an absorbing stillness that is both the subject and the material of my work.' - Helen Redmond.