I can best be described as realist, but while the actual truth is of some importance, I strive for the “look” of reality, rather than truth for its own sake. I feel quite free to add or subtract elements from the subject or perhaps change the light source for the sake of the picture. Sometimes, however, the subject is complete in itself and no additions or subtractions are necessary

Living in the Blue Mountains now, after having lived in Sydney, I tend to find my interest equally divided between the City and Central West, with occasional sojourns to places further a field. I have always painted Sydney, but my images are starting to relate to more of an idealised place, more to do with memories, than the city we know today.

Landscape has always appealed to me as a foil to the rigour of architectural form, but occasionally architecture creeps into that as well, usually in the form of functional working buildings, whose dynamics are always interesting.

While my interest lies in landscape and architecture, form, light and space are at the core of what I am trying to deal with. At a basic level, I am interested in a sense of timelessness in the fall of sunlight and shadow and the interrelatedness of all the myriad details of the world around us.

In this way there is recognition of times past and the possibility of things to come. The insignificant becomes remarkable and provides us with subjects for observation and reflection, a welcome relief from the absurdities of everyday life.

Jeff Rigby
Artist Statement Feb 07