UK born, I have lived a life time abroad, studying in Moscow, Kathmandu and a two year masters in New York. My paintings involve an intense process of layering, using acrylics in a particular way that results in an ultra shiny surface.  I look to create a strange tension where the imagery appears to be immensely tangible and present but just beyond reach, below the surface.

Curious about the development of consciousness and sentience, I use cloth as a motif to animate the inanimate, considering not just human drives for connection, but life-as-a-whole’s drives for connection. The cloth is rendered as if in motion, as if chance and will are at work simultaneously. I am interested in the tension created by the impossibility of a moment standing still long enough to reflect upon.

I am also developing a body of painted 3D objects. Here I am curious about what happens when an object no longer functions with its original purpose and it’s shape and aesthetics become exposed for themselves, and where the painting of illusions is taken off the wall and out of context. I enjoy the disruption of expectation and how that opens up new forms of expression.

With my abstract pieces I am exploring the possibilities of pure mark-making and colour. Enjoying the chemistry and physics of paint in different mixtures and applications, I build layer after layer, looking for when the entanglement of complexity and simplicity creates something that transcends the paint itself, and speaks of something to do with life - as if through a microscope or a telescope, or as if formed through a geological process.

My different ways of working all feed each other as I consider the fundamentals of paint, the creation of illusions and the physical tangibility of three dimensional objects. Running through them all are the same themes of life looking for connection.