I began making space paintings with my wife in the summer of 2012 during an extended period of unemployment. Our burst of creativity only lasted a couple of months, but we made some really great pieces that we were both proud of - but for me it was the first visual art I have ever been proud of. Unfortunately, each of the pieces was completed on posterboard and very few still survive.In 2015, inspired by Mr Bean and the Mythbusters, I started experimenting with paints and explosives. The process is still very much an ongoing experiment, but I have found a few tools that I rely on regularly: stemless wine glasses and Black Cat bottle rockets. These are 'Chaotic Paraedolia.'While trying out different methods of manipulating paint and producing various textures, I also began creating another type abstract painting that I refer to as 'Texturations.' These are also prone to effect of paraedolia.

Paraedolia is a human being's tendency to see images (most often faces) where there is none. Seeing Jesus in a piece of toast or a face on Mars are some of the easiest examples. The images aren't always limited to faces or human beings. If you've ever watched the clouds floating by and started spotting various animals you've experienced paraedolia. Evolutionarily, I suppose it's better to see a face where there is none than to not see one that is there.Finally, I've returned to making space paintings. Easily the most time consuming type of painting I make, these use similar methods to the street/speed-space painters on YouTube, on an extended time scale. A dozen or more coats is not unusual and allowing ample dry time between coats is vital to ensure no dripping or pooling.

Another key difference to the more pop-speed painters is a focus only heavenly bodies and semi-realistic scenes; no Kincade style landscape sci-fi cities, just the Cosmos.