Gary Hume’s work very much resonates with me.

He uses formal experiments in minimalism and abstraction but combines this with a narrative content – so that his works have meaning on a very human level.

This has served for me as a model for how to reconcile my desire to stay focussed on the formal elements and minimalism with a need to use my art to address human struggles and issues.

Like myself he develops works through iterative formal experiments with the same elements that build into a series.

Above – some of Gary Hume’s Hospital Doors series of the 1990’s