Simon Stooks - Looking from the Outside

“Although the paintings appear to be effortless, and in some ways they are; I have spent long periods of time considering and waiting for the right moment to strike in order to build the painting with rhythm and dynamic tension.

“The paintings are about recognising the moment when a moving figure or particular change in light connects with the idea of what the place means to me.

“I hope that this collection of work expresses the honesty of rendering those moments and the actual changes that unfolded during the process of painting them.”