Abstract Paintings | Shaugn David Briggs

I started making abstract paintings last year, and they come from exactly the same place as my abstract sculptures: the same part of the brain, the same thought processes, the same instinct. One finds its form in stone, the other in paint. But they're born from the same source.

What draws me to abstraction is the idea of creating something completely from within. There's no landscape to observe, no reference point, no brief. You're making a form or a beautiful shape, something intricate, full of motion and depth, that comes entirely from inside you. You're birthing a piece of art. Something that, hopefully, nobody has quite seen before.

There's plenty of abstract work out there, of course. But that's the thing about working from within: it still ends up being uniquely you. It can only come from one place.

The point of difference, for me, is where these paintings begin. Most of my abstract sculptures start life as wild, free drawings, loose instinctive marks that don't yet know what they are. The paintings came from the idea of taking those same drawings and letting them become something on canvas. The drawing leads to the sculpture. The drawing leads to the painting. It's the same root, branching in different directions.

Interested in commissioning an abstract painting for your home or office? Get in touch and we can talk about what you have in mind.