‘Machines Apart’ is a series of paintings that depict a machines aesthetic, focusing in on the sewing machine and a computer sound card. It involves the movement of the foot and needle, before introducing the irony of a soundcard interplaying with the sewing machine. ‘Machines Apart’ is a constant inquiry into the abstraction of these images, the taking away and the simplification. These ideas are explored through oil on canvas and watercolour on paper.