My work explores the relationship between 2 dimensional multi-tonal forms and 3 dimensional monochrome structures. Working on the canvas I scale up my original sketch, allowing the choice of colours to develop as the process progresses. The larger forms of the composition are broken down into deconstructed areas of colour, stimulating the overriding emotional response. I then produce a second line for line construction in white relief. The interplay between adjoining tones and hues is now left to shadow and the subtle variation in height of the raised planes. The interaction and often interlocking nature of the larger forms is now at the forefront, as the piece is stripped to its

bare elemental bones.