Life is a Game We Play

Using the idea of board games as metaphors for life, I have created these paintings based around choices, decisions and life changing moments.

As we go through life every decision we make throughout the day shapes our current reality. Some decisions are more important than others of course, but each one can take us on a specific path.

Whether it’s a conscientious choice or perhaps just a moment of luck, for that instant in time sets us up on a new journey.

Often we may go through life oblivious to what thoughts we are thinking and what actions we are taking, but each thought and action shapes who we are as a person as we follow through with the decisions we make.

These paintings and more from the series are now available at www.scotlandart.com

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(36" x 30") Available at Chelmer Fine Art

You may have noticed the toys and games of the past have been long forgotten. They have mostly been replaced by home computers, games consoles and the internet. Using and even combining these machines gives kids a whole new world of gaming activity and social interaction, which has seen the good old fashioned toys get cast aside.

Despite computer games not having a particularly great reputation, they can in fact be very good for the child’s development with the use of strategy, reasoning, logic and memory. Pretty much any game out there will need the use of these skills, and they will be honed with kids feeling that they are having fun while achieving.

Kids are learning all manor of skills apt for a technological age….certainly more useful than a space hopper would ever be, that’s for sure! That said, with a computer game you can’t play 'Scramble' in the playground and fight for the football stickers that nobody else wants, or have endless battles on the bedroom floor with plastic army men!