My source of creation is graphic novels. As a child I was always fascinated with cartoons. I like the way that cartoons are constructed with the superimposition of layers and different perspectives and patterns forming action and movement without words.

In more recent animations such as "Sky Blue" by Moon Sang Kim you can clearly see that 'multi-mation' technique in use – the composition of a scene using a mix of 2D hand drawn animation and 3D miniatures to create a final image.

In my own work, I explore minute details of comic books and explode them out of proportion, creating with the resulting patterns a composition of shapes and forms. I use a technique of masking the canvas to create a base, adding the abstracted pattern from the cartoon detail. This forms a new, single pattern constructed on top of different layers of paint.
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