Embracing the alchemical interaction of structure and freedom, Christie-Coxon acts as a facilitator, “encouraging the paint to express itself.” Paint becomes elemental and reactive, generating works that are visual records of the dialogue between artist, medium, and nature.

Micro Lens Series is an ongoing body of work acutely concerned with process and materiality, underpinned by the thematic considerations of Circle Culture referencing themes of oneness, duality, and the infinite. The concept of Processing Paint delves into the micro-workings of Paint behaviour through macro photography, the series zooms in on intricate details of the paint’s behavior and natural expressions, capturing how the medium responds to its unique circumstances and conditions. .

While the Circle motif remains ever-present in the artist’s large format paintings, its presence takes a back seat in Paint Behaviour - Christie-Coxon instead privileging the aleatoric potential of the medium; visceral, dynamic and responsive. The focus is on magnification and recording of the visual revelations of painterly events subject to chemical reaction and natural forces. The result is the development and documentation of a unique and expanding visual language native to paint.

The Micro Lens Series transforms a small segment of a larger painting or study into a standalone work of art. Each selected image reveals an intimate narrative embedded within the artwork’s surface. These curated compositions are then meticulously printed at museum-quality standards onto archival paper, producing a small, exclusive limited edition that invites viewers to explore the microcosm within the larger artistic vision.

Duality fundamentally underpins the works. The images create ‘macro-micro ambiguities’, i.e. simultaneously perceiving the impression of an aerial landscape and one of a microscopic representation.